List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. The geographical determinants of disunity; 2. Disunity and conflict: from the Romans to the renaissance, 400–1849; 3. Stagnation and reform, 1494–1789; 4. The emergence of the national question, 1789–1849; 5. Italy united; 6. The liberal state and the social question, 1870–1900; 7. Giolitti, the first world war, and the rise of fascism; 8. Fascism; 9. The republic; Select bibliography; Index.
A concise history of Italy from the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the present day.
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