Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51816)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780198726517
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 945.08 BUL
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Personal name Bull, Anna Cento
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Title Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016
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Extent 140
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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 of nationalism and the rise of fascism in the first two decades of the twentieth century advocated a spiritual revolution and the moulding of new Italians through war and violence. The tragic outcome of Italian fascism led to the emergence of new visions of progress during the post-war First Republic, in which European integration was embraced with conviction. In the last 25 years a project of of modernization epitomized by Silvio Berlusconi has characterized Italian politics, invoking a mixture of nationalist themes and an uncritical embracing of consumer and media culture. In this Very Short Introduction Anna Cento Bull addresses the question of what modernity means to Italy, and asks what modern Italy stands for. She considers Italy's political system and style of government, and looks at its economic modernisation and issues with emigration, internal migration and immigration. Bull concludes by looking at the Italian culture and lifestyle, including modern art and architecture, cinema, literature, gastronomy, fashion and spor
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element European History
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element history Italian
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