New publication: Libri per diventare italiani. L'editoria per la scuola a Milano nel secondo Ottocento

We are pleased to announce the new book of a member of our network: Elisa Marazzi, Libri per diventare italiani. L'editoria per la scuola a Milano nel secondo Ottocento. Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2014 Shaping the knowledge of the future citizens through school was one of the main aims of the Italian leading classes after the unification. Textbooks were a great ally in that sense, since they usually were the only book read by everybody. Publishers took advantage of this political and pedagogic ne..