Overview
- Examines the cultural and socioeconomic divide between Northern and Southern Italy from unification in 1860 to the present day
- Re-evaluates the narratives that have fueled the North-South divide from cultural, literary, and historical perspectives
- Offers new insight into post-unification Italy and Italian national identity
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- the Southern Question
- Divided Italy
- Italian Unification
- History of the Mafia
- reconstruction in Italy
- criminal corruption in Italy
- Garibaldi
- Mezzogiorno
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Piedmont
- Illiteracy in Italy
- the Bourbon regime
- the new Kingdom of Italy
- Emigration in Italy
- socioeconomic development of southern Italy
- Italian mafia
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“A much-needed reassessment of the long-held myth that Italy is an irredeemably divided nation. In deft, captivating prose, Salvatore DiMaria offers insights into a number of key issues in post-unified Italy and its political economy.” (Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards a Unified Italy
Book Subtitle: Historical, Cultural, and Literary Perspectives on the Southern Question
Authors: Salvatore DiMaria
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90766-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90765-9Published: 31 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08094-5Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90766-6Published: 18 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 263
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Italy, Modern History, Cultural History, Social History