Abstract
The subject of this thesis is the schools for emigrant adults created in Italy during the liberal era. Studying them entails bringing back to light documentation overlooked until now: acts of municipal administrations, ministerial documents, in addition to brochures and articles written by teachers, educators and politicians. Conducted using first-hand archival and library materials, the research reveals the presence of a vast network of educational courses for emigrants promoted by various institutions (the Emigration Commission, the Ministry of Public Instruction, and Humanitarian Organizations) from the Giolittian era onward until the 1920s. This system of education and instruction, pervasive in areas with high rates of emigration, highlights the regulatory framework and the pedagogical and educational orientation, which, as we have endeavored to show, were related to the cultural and political perspectives of the time.
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