Modern Italy: A Political History Hardcover

Denis Mack Smith

The history of modern Italy began in March 1861 when Count Camillo Cavour proclaim a united Italian kingdom with the goal of creating a prosperous, liberal new power in Europe. For a country whose ancient heritage had placed it at the center of western culture, this late entry to nationhood and rapid reach for power would bring frequent crisis. In this fully revised edition of his classic history of the country, Denis Mack Smith provides a complete and engaging narrative of the fate of Italy from risorgimento to the present.

9780472108954

English

The University of Michigan Press

30 December 1997

522

Denis Mack Smith is a Fellow of the British Academy and Wolfson College, Oxford, and a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been awarded a dozen literary prizes in Italy and is a Commendatore of the Italian Order of Merit. Among his recent books are Italy and Its Monarchy (1989) and Mazzini (1994).

. . . an extraordinarily good and concise introduction to the scandals that almost destroyed the Italian Republic."