Italia Rediviva: A Social And Cultural History Of Italy, 1740-1900

Provides a readable history, rich in both anecdotes and statistics, for students and the public who are interested in Italy in a period of history which - while it has been widely examined with respect to the Risorgimento as a positive and progressive movement which united Italy and enabled it to enter the modern world - has failed to consider Italy's multiplicity of cultures, art, architecture and societies.