Italy's Divided Memory

by John Foot

Book Overview

This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. Events have been interpreted in contrasting ways, and the facts themselves often contested. Moreover, with so little agreement over what happened, and why it happened, it has been extremely difficult to create any consensus around memory. These divisions have been seen at all levels, but take on particular importance when linked to the great traumatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349381055
• ISBN13: 9781349381050
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"