Shaping a different future. Liberalism and the Rise of Italian periodicals for children and youth (1832-1859)
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Federica Re
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/188
Language Italian Pages 34 P. 321-354 File size 307 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2025-188003
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Adopting an innovative approach, the article explores the key role played by liberal intellectuals in the rise of Italian children’s and youth periodicals. This is achieved through a wide-ranging analysis of the press in question and a reconstruction of the editorial and socio-political context. By comparing various journals from the 1830s, the study focuses on their goals, themes, ideas of society and nation, as well as the editorial and communication strategies they employed. Continuities and fractures over the long term are then examined to identify some evolutionary paths of this publishing sector in the following decades up to the political Unification of Italy.
Keywords: liberalism, periodical press, children, youth, nineteenth century, Italy.
Federica Re, Progettando un avvenire differente. Il liberalismo e la nascita del giornalismo italiano per l’infanzia e la gioventù (1832-1859)* in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 188/2025, pp 321-354, DOI: 10.3280/SS2025-188003