The Little Slaves of the Harp: Italian Child Street Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Paris, London, and New York (Mcgill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic Hi) by John E. Zucchi
English | July 1992 | ISBN: 0773508902 | 208 Pages | PDF | 16 MB
The padrone were often known to the families of the children or were from the same villages. While some were cruel exploiters who compelled obedience through terror and abuse - a view promoted by a few, well-publicized cases - the lot of most of these children was similar to that of child apprentices and helpers in other trades.