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Title: ITALY
A SHORT HISTORY
By: Harry Hearder, Jonathan Morris
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0521806135
ISBN 13: 9780521806138
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 15 November, 2001
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 308
Description: This book presents a clear, concise account of Italian history from the Ice Age to the present.
Synopsis: Italy: A Short History is a concise but comprehensive account of Italian history from the Ice Age to the present day. It is intended for both students of Italian history and culture and the general reader, whether tourist, business-person or traveller, with an interest in Italian affairs. Harry Hearder places the main political developments in Italian history in their economic and social context, and shows how these related to the great moments of artistic and cultural endeavour. Amongst key events, he analyses the growth and decline of the Roman Empire, the remarkable cultural achievements of the Renaissance, Italian unification and the contradictions of the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini. Jonathan Morris brings the work up to the present day with an authoritative but colourful history of the corruption scandals that brought down the post-war Italian political system in the 1990s and the new political forces that have emerged in its place.
Illustrations: 8 b/w illus. 7 maps
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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