Italy

Italy
Author: Roland Sarti
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816074747

Exploring more than 500 years of the country's history, Italy provides readers interested in modern Italy or European history with a greater understanding of Italy's past, from the Renaissance to the present. This guide presents the milestones in Italy's history in an interesting and readable way.

Twentieth Century Italy

Twentieth Century Italy
Author: Jonathan Dunnage
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317886917

Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic, cultural and political transformation on the lives of Italians. It assesses their living standards, their health and education, their working conditions and their leisure activities. The final part of the book examines contemporary Italian society in the light of the political and moral crisis of the early 1990s.

Rethinking the History of Italian Fascism

Rethinking the History of Italian Fascism
Author: Giulia Albanese
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000554538

In the last years, the discussion around what is fascism, if this concept can be applied to present forms of politics and if its seeds are still present today, became central in the political debate. This discussion led to a vast reconsideration of the meaning and the experience of fascism in Europe and is changing the ways in which scholars of different generations look at this political ideology and come back to it and it is also changing the ways in which we consider the experience of Italian fascism in the European and global context. The aim of the book is building a general history of Fascism and its historiography through the analysis of 13 different fundamental aspects, which were at the core of Fascist project or of Fascist practices during the regime. Each essay considers a specific and meaningful aspect of the history of Italian fascism, reflecting on it from the vantage point of a case study. The essays thus reinterrogates the history of Fascism to understand in which way Fascism was able to mould the historical context in which it was born, how and if it transformed political, cultural, social elements that were already present in Italy. The themes considered are violence, empire, war, politics, economy, religion, culture, but also antifascism and the impact of Fascism abroad, especially in the Twenties and at the beginnings of the Thirties. The book could be both used for a general public interested in the history of Europe in the interwar period and for an academic and scholarly public, since the essays aim to develop a provocative reflection on their own area of research.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy

The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy
Author: George Holmes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780192854445

Traces the history of Italy from the Roman Empire to the present, and examines the connections between Italian society, politics, and culture.

Blood and Power

Blood and Power
Author: John Foot
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2022-06-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 152665248X

One hundred years after the rise to power of Fascism in Italy, John Foot's bracing and bold Blood and Power vividly recreates the on-the-ground experience of life under the regime. - Robert S C Gordon, Serena Professor of Italian, University of Cambridge A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war. In the aftermath of the First World War, the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy. While the country reeled in shock, a new movement emerged from the chaos: one that preached hatred for politicians and love for the fatherland; one that promised to build a 'New Roman Empire', and make Italy a great power again. Wearing black shirts and wielding guns, knives and truncheons, the proponents of fascism embraced a climate of violence and rampant masculinity. Led by Mussolini, they would systematically destroy the organisations of the left, murdering and torturing anyone who got in their way. In Blood and Power, historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945, and beyond. Using the accounts of real people – fascists, anti-fascists, communists, anarchists, victims, perpetrators and bystanders – he tells the story of fascism and its legacy, which still, disturbingly, reverberates to this day.

A Concise History of Italy

A Concise History of Italy
Author: Christopher Duggan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1994-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521408486

A concise history of Italy from the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the present day.

The History of Italy

The History of Italy
Author: Charles L. Killinger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2002-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0313011230

What is Italy? In 1814 Austrian Chancellor M. de Metternich dismissed it as a mere geographical expression, because political control of the peninsula had long been divided among self-governing cities, possessions of foreign dynasties, and the Vatican. Prior to that, Italy had formed the home base of the Roman Empire. It was not until 1861 that a united Italy emerged. This concise, and clearly written account explores Italian history and culture from the Etruscans to the present day. Starting with an introduction providing data on Italy's geography, people, and current government, the book examines the political and cultural history of the country in eleven chapters. Readers will discover the Romans, Lombards, popes, Guelphs, Ghibbellines, the Medici, the Risorgimento, sculptors, composers, Fascists, Christian Democrats, and many other people and events of Italy's rich history. Included are a biographical section with portraits of noteworthy Italians, an extensive bibliographical essay, a glossary of terms, and an index, making this book the most complete and up-to-date general history of the nation available.

Landownership & Power Mod Eur

Landownership & Power Mod Eur
Author: Martin Blinkhorn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134997043

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Fascist Experience in Italy

The Fascist Experience in Italy
Author: John Francis Pollard
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415116312

This book examines the development of Italian Fascism, and surveys the themes and issues of the movement. It includes fully integrated analysis, extensive notes on sources, a glossary, and a useful guide to further reading.