Pinocchio, child in danger/dangerous child -- Abandoned children -- Emigrating children -- Working children -- Children behind bars: reformatories and juvenile delinquency -- Salviamo il fanciullo! -- From Pinocchio to Cuore, children inside the margins
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index
