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A Concise History of Italy

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#350881-ZB10
Titel	A Concise History of Italy
Auteur	Duggan, Mary K.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	0521408482
ISBN13	9780521408486
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations in b/w (including photographs), 8vo.
Samenvatting	Since its creation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This concise history, which covers the period from the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the present day, looks in particular at the difficulties Italy has faced during the last two centuries in forging a nation state. The opening chapters consider the geographical and cultural obstacles to unity, and survey the long centuries of political fragmentation in the peninsula since the sixth century. It was this legacy of fragmentation which Italy's new rulers had to strive to overcome when the country became united, more by accident than design, in 1859-61. The book aims to weave together political, economic, social and cultural history, and stresses in parti... (Lees verder)cular the alternation between materialist and idealist programmes for forging a nation state.
Pagina's	320
Conditie	Goed — Rear cover creased.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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