Full name: A History of Contemporary Italy: 1943-1988

Author: Paul Ginsborg Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781403961532 1403961530

From a war-torn and poverty-stricken country, regional and predominantly agrarian, to the success story of recent years, Italy has witnessed the most profound transformation--economic, social and demographic--in its entire history. Yet the other recurrent theme of the period has been the overwhelming need for political reform--and the repeated failure to achieve it. Professor Ginsborg's authoritative work--the first to combine social and political perspectives--is concerned with both the tremendous achievements of contemporary Italy and "the continuities of its history that have not been easily set aside." Similar books: City of Fortune by Roger Crowley A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich The Italians by Luigi Barzini Venice by Thomas F. Madden The Cardinal's Hat by Mary Hollingsworth The House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert Paradise of Cities by John Julius Norwich Civilization by Roger Osborne Catastrophe by David Keys The Montefeltro Conspiracy by Marcello Simonetta A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer Mussolini and Fascist Italy by Martin Blinkhorn The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Merchant of Prato by Iris Origo Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin A Warning by Anonymous