John Foot

The Archipelago (eBook, ePUB)

Italy Since 1945

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'An enjoyable, highly readable history that manages to bring murky, often fiendishly complex events into the light' Sunday Times

Italy emerged from the Second World War in ruins. Divided, invaded and economically broken, it was a nation that some people claimed had ceased to exist. And yet, as rural society disappeared almost overnight, by the 1960s, it could boast the fastest-growing economy in the world.

In The Archipelago, historian John Foot chronicles Italy's tumultuous history from the post-war period to the present day. From the silent assimilation of fascists into society after 1945 to the artistic peak of neorealist cinema, he examines both the corrupt and celebrated sides of the country. While often portrayed as a failed state on the margins of Europe, Italy has instead been at the centre of innovation and change - a political laboratory. This new history tells the fascinating story of a country always marked by scandal but with the constant ability to re-invent itself.

Comprising original research and lively insights, The Archipelago chronicles the crises and modernisations of more than seventy years of post-war Italy, from its fields, factories, squares and housing estates to Rome's political intrigue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408843512
• Artikelnr.: 52628033

Autorenporträt

John Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of several books, including Italy's Divided Memory (2011), Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2007) and Milan since the Miracle (2001). He is also the co-editor, with Stephen Gundle, of Paul Ginsborg and the Historiography of Modern Italy: Revolutions, Revolt and Resistance (2024). John Foot was awarded the British Academy's prestigious Serena Medal in 2019 and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.