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Italy´s Social Revolution: Charity and Welfare from Liberalism to Fascism
Maria Sophia Quine
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Description for Italy´s Social Revolution: Charity and Welfare from Liberalism to Fascism
Paperback. This book examines attempts to achieve social modernity through welfare-state building in Italy over the "long durEe." Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
The study of welfare can illuminate debate about some of the grand themes in modern Italian history - the question of the success or failure of nation-building; the question of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the state; and the question of continuity and discontinuity from liberalism to fascism. It can also deepen understanding of one of the most pressing problems confronting historians of Italian fascism - the question of the actual impact of fascist rule on Italian society. Despite this, surprisingly few scholars have done any work on this important topic. This book aims to contribute to scholarship on ... Read more
The study of welfare can illuminate debate about some of the grand themes in modern Italian history - the question of the success or failure of nation-building; the question of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the state; and the question of continuity and discontinuity from liberalism to fascism. It can also deepen understanding of one of the most pressing problems confronting historians of Italian fascism - the question of the actual impact of fascist rule on Italian society. Despite this, surprisingly few scholars have done any work on this important topic. This book aims to contribute to scholarship on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
429
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349394104
SKU
V9781349394104
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Ref
99-15
About Maria Sophia Quine
MARIA SOPHIE QUINE is Lecturer in Modern European History at Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Population Politics in Twentieth-Century Europe: Fascist Dictatorships and Liberal Democracies.
Reviews for Italy´s Social Revolution: Charity and Welfare from Liberalism to Fascism
'Anyone interested in the social history of the late liberal and fascist periods should find this study well worth reading.' - Italian Politics & Society