Debating Divorce in Italy: Marriage and the Making of Modern Italians, 1860-1974

By Mark Seymour

Book Overview

The popular referendum of 1974 which affirmed Italy's recently-won divorce law is widely regarded as a turning point in modern Italian history, but the long story behind that struggle has remained largely unfamiliar. Using the debates over divorce as a lens, this book is a study of the quest to modernize Italy, Italians, and Italian marriage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349533920
• ISBN13: 9781349533923
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"