Twentieth Century Italy

• Introduction: between tradition and modernity.  1. Italian society in the wake of the Risorgimento, 1860-1914.  2. Social fragmentation and violence in italy, 1915-25.  3. The experience of Fascism, 1925-39.  4. War, civil conflict and the defeat of Fascism, 1940-50.  5. Social, cultural and economic transformation in post-war Italy (1950-1980).  6. Affluence and moral crisis: Italian society in the eighties and nineties.  Conclusion: Italian society at the dawn of the twenty-first century.  Appendix I:  chronology.  Appendix II: glossary.  Select bibliography.  Index.

'The first comprehensive social history of the period to appear in English.' 'Twentieth Century Italy will undoubtedly and deservedly become the first port of call for many undergraduates studying modern Italian social history.'Nick Carter, De Montfort University, UK