Italy Since 1800: A Nation in the Balance?

ISBN-13: 9780582027718 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 336 str.

Roger Absalom

Opis

This text presents a view of the way in which Italy's past has had a bearing on the present. It explores the nature and implications of its inhabitants' success in coping with the contradictions of the country's political and economic situation and its social structure.

Spis treści

1. The origins of modern Italy; the dream of reason and the dream of unity.  2. The making of Italy by diplomacy, politics and war.  3. The Historic compromises of the liberal state.  4. From liberal state to fascism.  5. The fascist movement and the seizure of power.  6. The fascist regime, 1926-1945.  7. Fascism and aggression, 1934-1945
8. 1943-1945 as the turning point of modern Italian history.  9. The consolidation of republican Italy.  10. Stable insanity and economic progress, 1953-1968.  11. 1068-1969 and `the years of the bullet'.  12. Italy in the 1980s and the 1990s.

O autorze

Roger Abaslom