Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Emigration and the Street Music Trade 17
6. “Les Petits Italiens” in Paris 42
7. “The Organ Boys” in London 76
8. “The Little Slaves” in New York 111
9. Italian Legislation 1868-1873 144
10. Conclusion 164
11. Sample Contracts between a Padrone and a Parent 172
12. The Italian Law to Prohibit the Employment of Children in Itinerant Trades, 21 December 1873, no. 1733 (series 11) 175
13. Notes 179
14. Bibliography 197
15. Index 206