The Formation of the Italian Republic
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Postwar Italy
Will be published approx. on 1. March 1993
Book
Hardback
VIII, 354 pages
978-0-8204-1530-7 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this volume focus on the political and intellectual forces in the formation of the Italian Republic as well as the crucial institutional issues which emerged in post World War II Italy. There is an emphasis on the men and women who left their mark on the Reconstruction and the religious and economic factors that contributed to the modernization of Italy. Included are discussions of political Catholicism, the role of the Socialists and Communists, as well as the contributions of the lay parties and forces in the making of the Republic. Italian relations with the United States, the part played by organized labor, and the impact of the women's movement are also explored.
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Persons
The Editors: Frank J. Coppa is Professor of History at St. John's University and Margherita Repetto-Alaia is a lecturer in the Italian Department at Columbia University. Dr. Coppa, the editor-in-chief of the Dictionary of Modern Italian History, has recently published The Origins of the Italian Wars of Independence (1992).
Dr. Repetto-Alaia, who served on the Executive Committee of the Union of Italian Women, is co-editor of UDI: Laboratorio de politica delle donne. The co-editors are both past chairmen of the Columbia University Seminar on Modern Italy and authors of a series of articles and monographs on Modern Italy.
Dr. Repetto-Alaia, who served on the Executive Committee of the Union of Italian Women, is co-editor of UDI: Laboratorio de politica delle donne. The co-editors are both past chairmen of the Columbia University Seminar on Modern Italy and authors of a series of articles and monographs on Modern Italy.
Content
Contents: Twenty three essays on the political, social, religious, intellectual and economic Reconstruction of Italy in the post World War II period and the parties and movements in the formation of the Italian Republic.