Pursuit of Italy A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples

Name: Pursuit of Italy A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
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ISBN: 9780374533601

ISBN-10: 0374533601

ISBN-13: 9780374533601

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Gilmour

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A provocative, entertaining account of Italy’s diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and presentDid Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? The question is asked and answered in a number of ways in this engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance—and weakness—of Italy today.David Gilmour’s wonderfully readable exploration of Italian life over the centuries is filled with provocative anecdotes as well as personal observations, and is peopled by the great figures of the Italian past—from Cicero and Virgil to the controversial politicians of the…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 11/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.15" long x 1.35" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Maps


Introduction



Diverse Italies


Fractured Geography


Italian Peoples


Linguistic Italy



Imperial Italies


Roman Italy


Barbarian and Byzantine Italy


Italia Germanica



Cities and Powers


Communal Dreams


Communal Realities


Republican Italy


Princely Italy



Adriatic Venice



Disputed Italies


Foreign Rulers


Enlightened Italy


Napoleonic Italy


Italy and the Restoration



Revolutionary Italies


Romantic Italy


Insurgent Italy


Operatic Italy



The Making of Italy


Piedmont, 1850s


Lombardy and the Duchies, 1859


Sicily and Naples, 1860


Venice (1866) and Rome (1870)



Legendary Italy


The Generation of Giants


The Wisest Statesman


The Noblest Roman


Father of the Nation


Some Generals and an Admiral


The Risorgimento without Heroes



Making Italians


Piedmont Comes to Naples


Sicily Goes Downhill


Rome and Parliament


Beautiful Legends


The Quest for Glory


The Bear of Busseto



Nationalist Italy


Little Italy


Bellicose Italy


Ruptured Italy



Fascist Italy


Italia Romana


Italia Imperiale



Cold War Italy


Christian Democrats


Communists


Affluent Italy



Modern Italy


Centrifugal Italy


Berlusconi


Resilient Italy


List of Books Used and Cited in the Text


Notes


Index