A Concise History of Italy
A Concise History of Italy
Since its formation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This new edition of Christopher Duggan's acclaimed introduction charts the country's history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west to the present day and surveys the difficulties Italy has faced during the last two centuries in forging a nation state. Duggan successfully weaves together political, economic, social and cultural history, and stresses the alternation between materialist and idealist programmes for forging a nation state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to offer increased coverage of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy, as well as a new section devoted to Italy in the twenty-first century. With a new, extensive bibliographical essay and a detailed chronology, this is the ideal resource for those seeking an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to Italian history.
- A concise and authoritative introduction to Italian history over the last 2000 years
- Integrates the country's political, economic, social and cultural history
- This second edition has been fully revised and updated with a new section on twenty-first-century Italy, an extensive new biographical essay and a detailed chronology
Product details
December 2013Paperback
9780521747431
360 pages
214 × 138 × 17 mm
0.5kg
41 b/w illus. 4 maps 12 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. The geographical determinants of disunity: the vulnerability of a long peninsula
- 2. Disunity and conflict: from the Romans to the Renaissance, 400–1494, the Dark Ages, 400–1000
- 3. Stagnation and reform, 1494–1789: the invasions of Italy
- 4. The emergence of the national question, 1789–1849: the impact of the French Revolution
- 5. Italy united
- 6. The liberal state and the social question, 1870–1900: the taking of Rome
- 7. Giolitti, the First World War, and the rise of Fascism: economic growth and the idealist revolt
- 8. Fascism: return to order, 1922–5
- 9. The republic: the resistance, 1943–5
- Bibliographical essay
- Chronology.
