Modern Italy : a very short introduction /
This book covers the history of Italy from the Risorgimento (Resurgence), the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861, to the early twenty-first century. The author addresses the question of whether modern Italy is a modern country, and explores the extent to which modernity still represents...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Very short introductions ;
494. |
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| Summary: | This book covers the history of Italy from the Risorgimento (Resurgence), the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861, to the early twenty-first century. The author addresses the question of whether modern Italy is a modern country, and explores the extent to which modernity still represents a shared vision among Italian intellectuals, political leaders and ordinary people. The author also contemplates themes of identity and asks what modern Italy stands for by looking at the different cultural and political projects of modernity which have unfolded in Italy since the Risorgimento. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 140 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-134) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198726517 0198726511 |