Overview
Designed as a teaching text for universities, Modern Italy concentrates on the history of 20th Century Italy. By using different kinds of materials and "links" between various disciplines and subject areas, this book aims to both explain certain features of Italian historical development and provoke further discussion. The study is organized around broad thematic chapters—the nation, the state, economy and society, politics—which introduce the reader to historical debates, themes, controversies and arguments. Boxes at the end of each chapter provide useful further information for students.
Synopsis
Food (Italian history, U. College London, UK) takes a thematic approach to his topic, the emergence and history of modern Italian political, social, and economic structures. He moves between micro- and macro-levels of analysis, privileging neither, addressing the nature of Italian nationalism, the political structure and activities of the state, and economic and social phenomenon. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR