Italy : a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present /

Main Author: Sarti, Roland, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts On File, c2004.
Series:European nations.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • History of Italy
  • Geography and population movements
  • The Papacy
  • Renaissance states and society
  • Secular culture in the Age of the Enlightenment
  • The French Revolution and Napoleon
  • The Restoration
  • Anti-Restoration ideas and movements
  • Movements of national independence and unity
  • The revolutions of 1848-1849
  • The decade of preparation
  • The years of decision
  • The politics of the liberal state
  • The liberalism of Giovanni Giolitti
  • The Great War
  • The postwar crisis and the rise of Fascism
  • The seizure of power
  • The Fascist regime in action
  • Foreign policy and the road to war
  • War and the downfall of the Fascist regime
  • Postwar reconstruction
  • Christian democratic dominance and Centrist Party politics
  • The opening to the Left
  • Profile and politics of a changing world
  • Historical dictionary A-Z
  • Rulers and statesmen of Italy, 1861 to the present.