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Italian and Italian American Studies Stanislao G.Pugliese, Hofstra University Series Editor This publishing initiative seeks to bring the latest scholarship in Italian and Italian American history,literature,cinema,and cultural studies to a large audience of specialists,general readers,and students.I&IAS will feature works on modern Italy (Renaissance to the present) and Italian American culture and society by established scholars as well as new voices in the academy.This endeavor will help to shape the evolving fields ofItalian and Italian American Studies by re-emphasizing the connection between the two.The following editorial board of esteemed senior scholars are advisors to the series editor. REBECCA WEST JOHN A.DAVIS University ofChicago University ofConnecticut FRED GARDAPHÉ PHILIP V.CANNISTRARO+ Stony Brook University Queens College and the Graduate School,CUNY JOSEPHINE GATTUSO HENDIN VICTORIA DeGRAZIA New York University Columbia University Queer Italia: Same-Sex Desire in Italian Literature and Film edited by Gary P.Cestaro July 2004 Frank Sinatra: History,Identity,and Italian American Culture edited by Stanislao G.Pugliese October 2004 The Legacy ofPrimo Levi edited by Stanislao G.Pugliese December 2004 Italian Colonialism edited by Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Mia Fuller July 2005 Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City Borden W.Painter Jr. July 2005 Representing Sacco and Vanzetti edited by Jerome H.Delamater and Mary Anne Trasciatti September 2005 Carlo Tresca: Portrait ofa Rebel Nunzio Pernicone October 2005 Italy in the Age ofPinocchio: Children and Danger in the Liberal Era Carl Ipsen May 2006 The Empire ofStereotypes: Germaine de Stael and the Idea ofItaly May 2006 Divorce,Church,and State in Modern Italy,1860–1964 Mark Seymour forthcoming,October 2006 Race and the Nation in Liberal Italy Aliza Wong forthcoming,October 2006 Italy in the Age of Pinocchio Children and Danger in the Liberal Era Carl Ipsen ITALYINTHEAGEOFPINOCCHIO © Carl Ipsen,2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-7301-6 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53426-5 ISBN 978-1-4039-8302-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403983022 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ipsen,Carl. Italy in the age of Pinocchio :children and danger in the liberal era / Carl Ipsen. p.cm.––(Italian and Italian American studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1.Poor children––Italy––History––19th century.2.Poor children––Services for––Italy––History––19th century.I.Title.II.Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) HV774.A6167 2006 362.70945'09034––dc22 2005056605 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:April 2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Michael and Benji who happily aren’t part ofthese stories This page intentionally left blank Contents List ofFigures and Tables viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction:Pinocchio,Child in Danger/Dangerous Child 1 1. Abandoned Children 15 2. Emigrating Children 51 3. Working Children 85 4. Children behind Bars:Reformatories and Juvenile Delinquency 123 5. Salviamo il fanciullo! 165 Epilogue:From Pinocchioto Cuore,Children inside the Margins 197 Notes 207 Works Cited 235 Index 253 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1.1 ‘Non-recognized’illegitimates and abandoned infants, 1884–1914 23 Tables 3.1 Italian Child Labor Laws 86 3.2 1900 Child Labor Law proposals 114 5.1 Childsaving Institutions and dates 176 5.2 Protective societies for girls 185 Acknowledgments As some readers will know,projects of historical research and writing tend to be long ones.Over the years that I have worked on this book I have enjoyed useful advise from friends,colleagues,family,students,and the staffs of numerous libraries and other institutions in Rome, Bloomington,and elsewhere.If I were to try to name them now I would certainly leave some out and afterward regret it.I’ll play it safe then and thank you all collectively and anonymously. I hope you know who you are. Institutional support is instead easier to identify. Throughout theproject I have enjoyed support,including grants and leave,from my home institution,Indiana University.The project got off the ground,in some sense, while I was a fellow at the American Academy at Rome. Without that sort ofsupport,this sort ofwork—for what it is worth—would be impossible. Bloomington 2006
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