Table of Contents

1. The geographical determinants of disunity: the vulnerability of a long peninsula; 2. Disunity and conflict: from the Romans to the Renaissance, 400–1494, the Dark Ages, 400–1000; 3. Stagnation and reform, 1494–1789: the invasions of Italy; 4. The emergence of the national question, 1789–1849: the impact of the French Revolution; 5. Italy united; 6. The liberal state and the social question, 1870–1900: the taking of Rome; 7. Giolitti, the First World War, and the rise of Fascism: economic growth and the idealist revolt; 8. Fascism: return to order, 1922–5; 9. The republic: the resistance, 1943–5; Bibliographical essay; Chronology.

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A comprehensively updated new edition of Christopher Duggan's acclaimed introduction to the history of Italy.

About the Author

Christopher Duggan is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Reading. He has written extensively on many aspects of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy. His books include Fascism and the Mafia (1989), Francesco Crispi: From Nation to Nationalism (2002), The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy since 1796 (2007) and Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy (2012). All his books have been translated into Italian. He is a Commendatore of the Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana, a title conferred by the President of Italy.