| Author/Contributor(s): | Ginsborg, Paul |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Date: | 01/01/2003 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
From a war-torn and poverty-stricken country, regional and predominantly agrarian, to the success story of recent years, Italy has witnessed the most profound transformation--economic, social and demographic--in its entire history. Yet the other recurrent theme of the period has been the overwhelming need for political reform--and the repeated failure to achieve it. Professor Ginsborg's authoritative work--the first to combine social and political perspectives--is concerned with both the tremendous achievements of contemporary Italy and "the continuities of its history that have not been easily set aside."