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The Hunchback's Tailor
Alongside Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) stands out as one of the major liberal reformers of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. In the first complete English-language study of Giolitti, De Grand examines the political life of Italy's most notable prime minister after Cavour. Giolitti emerges not as a transitional figure leading fledgling Italy into modern democracy, but as a staunch adherent of 19th-century elitist liberalism trying to navigate the new tide of mass politics. De Grand's careful research offers valuable insight into Giolitti as statesman and, through him, a vantage point on the development of Italy during a critical period. Giol...
I misteri di via dell'Amorino
Come in un feuilleton d'altri tempi, sullo sfondo di Firenze negli anni in cui era capitale, tra le quinte di un mondo politico affaristico e corrotto, si muovono faccendieri e maîtresse, nobildonne prussiane e monaci rinnegati, spadaccini e ricattatori, magistrati integerrimi e giudici servili, patrioti idealisti e viscidi voltagabbana, povere peripatetiche divorate dalla sifilide e giornalisti dalla penna avvelenata. Intrighi, violenze, omicidi. Gian Antonio Stella riapre il giallo della Regìa Tabacchi, «la madre di tutte le tangenti». Un romanzo serrato e incalzante che racconta, attingendo ai documenti originali, una storia così avvincente che pare inventata e invece è drammaticamente vera. Al centro di tutto, la storia di un uomo perbene innamorato pazzo dell'Italia e tradito nelle sue speranze e nei suoi sogni. Un uomo al quale finalmente viene restituito l'onore.
Recasting Bourgeois Europe
Charles Maier, one of the most prominent contemporary scholars of European history, published Recasting Bourgeois Europe as his first book in 1975. Based on extensive archival research, the book examines how European societies progressed from a moment of social vulnerability to one of political and economic stabilization. Arguing that a common trajectory calls for a multi country analysis, Maier provides a comparative history of three European nations and argues that they did not simply return to a prewar status quo, but achieved a new balance of state authority and interest group representation. While most previous accounts presented the decade as a prelude to the Depression and dictatorships, Maier suggests that the stabilization of the 1920s, vulnerable as it was, foreshadowed the more enduring political stability achieved after World War II. The immense and ambitious scope of this book, its ability to follow diverse histories in detail, and its effort to explain stabilization—and not just revolution or breakdown—have made it a classic of European history.
Giuseppe Ferrari and the Italian Revolution
In this first full-length biography of Ferrari, Lovett traces his intellectual development in Milan and describes his twenty years of voluntary exile in Paris. In discussing Ferrari's relationships with French radicals and socialists, Lovett documents the growth of his political consciousness in the 1840s, his gradual commitment to the democratization of European society, and his response to the impact of both the French and Italian revolutions of 1848. Originally published 1979. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Menace to Society
One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of the political establishment with the criminal underworld - the political-criminal nexus (PCN). This active partnership increasingly undermines the rule of law, human rights, and economic development in many parts of the world. States in transition are especially at risk. Despite the magnitude of the threat, there is little understanding of the security threats by the PCNs and how and why political-criminal relationships are formed and maintained. Menace to Society is the first attempt to develop an analytical framework for making generalizations about this contemporary scourge. Case studies of Colom...
Village Politics and the Mafia in Sicily
Refocusing the study of village politics and the mafia by extending rational choice institutionalism to Italian history and politics, Sabetti shows what can happen when those acting for the state regard ordinary people as passive voices in the game of life."--BOOK JACKET.
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