Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction

by Anna Cento Bull

Book Overview

The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived moral corruption. The Risorgimento, the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861, explicitly linked the quest for national unity to a process of moral regeneration and progress. Later forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198726511
• ISBN13: 9780198726517
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"