Twentieth Century Italy: A Social History

ISBN-13: 9780582292789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 284 str.

Jonathan Dunnage

Opis

Italy has undergone a social, political and economic transformation during the 20th century. This social history looks at the everyday life of Italians against a dramatic backdrop of the move to mass politics, fascism, war, economic boom, and organized crime and corruption.

Spis treści

Introduction: between tradition and modernity.  1. Italian society in the wake of the Risorgimento, 1860-1914.  2. Social fragmentation and violence in italy, 1915-25.  3. The experience of Fascism, 1925-39.  4. War, civil conflict and the defeat of Fascism, 1940-50.  5. Social, cultural and economic transformation in post-war Italy (1950-1980).  6. Affluence and moral crisis: Italian society in the eighties and nineties.  Conclusion: Italian society at the dawn of the twenty-first century.  Appendix I:  chronology.  Appendix II: glossary.  Select bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Jonathan Dunnage