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Italy in the Age of Pinocchio
Carl Ipsen
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Description for Italy in the Age of Pinocchio
Paperback. Detailing the development of a new Western attitude about children and their place in society, this book tells the story of Italy's forgotten children at the end of the nineteenth century--foundlings, street children, factory and mine workers, emigrants and delinquents--and illustrates the efforts of the recently unified Italian state to help them. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSP; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Detailing the development of a new Western attitude to children and their place in society, this book tells the story of Italy's forgotten children at the end of the nineteenth century - foundlings, street children, factory and mine workers, emigrants and delinquents - and illustrates the efforts of the recently unified Italian state to help them.
Detailing the development of a new Western attitude to children and their place in society, this book tells the story of Italy's forgotten children at the end of the nineteenth century - foundlings, street children, factory and mine workers, emigrants and delinquents - and illustrates the efforts of the recently unified Italian state to help them.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Italian and Italian American Studies
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349534265
SKU
V9781349534265
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Ref
99-15
About Carl Ipsen
CARL IPSEN is Associate Professor of History, Indiana University, USA.
Reviews for Italy in the Age of Pinocchio
'A brilliant analysis of Italian concern about marginalised children. Well-written and imaginative, it is essential reading on the relationship between childhood and national identity.' - Hugh Cunningham, author of Children and Childhood in Western Society since 1500, 2nd ed 2005 "Carl Ipsen sets out in this absorbing study to demonstrate that the period between the 1870s and ... Read more