Download or read book Italy in the Age of Pinocchio written by C. Ipsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.