The pursuit of Italy : a history of a land, its regions, and their peoples /: a history of a land, its regions, and their peoples. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Gilmour.
• Other Names: Gilmour, David, 1952-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. Diverse Italies -- Fractured Geography -- Italian Peoples -- Linguistic Italy -- 2. Imperial Italies -- Roman Italy -- Barbarian and Byzantine Italy -- Italia Germanica -- 3. Cities and Powers -- Communal Dreams -- Communal Realities -- Republican Italy -- Princely Italy -- 4. Adriatic Venice -- 5. Disputed Italies -- Foreign Rulers -- Enlightened Italy -- Napoleonic Italy -- Italy and the Restoration -- 6. Revolutionary Italies -- Romantic Italy -- Insurgent Italy -- Operatic Italy -- 7. The Making of Italy -- Piedmont, 1850s -- Lombardy and the Duchies, 1859 -- Sicily and Naples, 1860 -- Venice (1866) and Rome (1870) -- 8. 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 -- 9. Making Italians -- Piedmont Comes to Naples -- Sicily Goes Downhill -- Rome and Parliament -- Beautiful Legends -- The Quest for Glory. Contents note continued: The Bear of Busseto -- 10. Nationalist Italy -- Little Italy -- Bellicose Italy -- Ruptured Italy -- 11. Fascist Italy -- Italia Romana -- Italia Imperiale -- 12. Cold War Italy -- Christian Democrats -- Communists -- Affluent Italy -- 13. Modern Italy -- Centrifugal Italy -- Berlusconi -- Resilient Italy.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 945; Civilization; Italy -- History; Italy -- Civilization; Italy; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141929897; 0141929898
• Related ISBNs: 9780141043418; 0141043415
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.