Italy's Divided Memory

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.

John Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History in the Department of Italian, University College London. His previous publications include Milan since the Miracle. City, Culture and Identity (2001), Disastro! Disasters in Italy since 1860: Culture, Politics, Society edited with John Dickie and Frank Snowden (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), Modern Italy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Italy from the 1950s to the Present Day edited with Robert Lumley (2004), and Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006). He also directed the documentary film Piazzale Lugano, 22: Story of a House (2004). He writes for the London Review of Books and The Guardian.