ABSTRACT

This classic textbook covers the social, economic and political history of Italy from unification in 1870 to the present time. This new edition brings students right up to date, with increased coverage of the the 1980's and 90's and a new section on the turbulent reign of Silvio Berlusconi. Other changes include updating the coverage of Liberal Italy and Fascism in the light of recent scholarship and changes in historiographical approach, additional material on Italian popular culture and a new chronology.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part One|97 pages

1871-87

chapter 2|39 pages

Italietta - a backward society?

chapter 3|30 pages

The Liberal State

chapter 4|26 pages

The subversives

part Two|103 pages

1887-1914

part Three|145 pages

1914-43

chapter 9|27 pages

Italy and the Great War

chapter 10|32 pages

The strange death of Liberal Italy, 1919-25

chapter 11|14 pages

The Fascist State: the new authoritarianism

chapter 12|25 pages

The Fascist regime: the quest for consensus

chapter 13|20 pages

The economy and society under the Fascists

chapter 14|25 pages

Fascist diplomacy and Fascist war

part Four|171 pages

1943-2006

chapter 16|25 pages

The triumph of ‘Low Politics'

chapter 17|30 pages

The economy and society under the Republic

chapter 19|22 pages

The economy and society, 1980-2006

chapter 20|38 pages

The collapse of the ‘First Republic'?