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020			_a9781408827246 _qhardback
020			_a9781408843512 _qebook
040			_aUK-LoPHL _beng _erda _dUK-LoPHL
082	0	4	_a945.092
100	1		_aFoot, John, _9119644 _d1964-
245	1	4	_aThe archipelago : _bItaly since 1945 / _cJohn Foot.
264		1	_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2018.
300			_axiii, 480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour), map
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
505	0		_aIntroduction: 1945 - Year Zero -- 1. Rebuilding and remaking Italy -- 2. Takeoff: Italy in the boom years -- 3. Blood and reform: institutional change and violence in the 1960s and 1970s -- 4. the 1980s and 1990s: from boom to collapse and beyond -- 5. The Second Republic -- 6. Italy in the twenty-first century: crisis, post-democracy and the triumph of populism -- 7. Italy today -- Conclusion: transformation and crisis.
520			_aItaly emerged from the Second World War in ruins. Divided, invaded and economically broken, it was a nation that some claimed had ceased to exist. By the 1960s, Italy could boast the fastest-growing economy in the world, as rural society disappeared almost overnight. "In The Archipelago, acclaimed historian John Foot chronicles Italy's tumultuous history from the post-war period to the present. From the silent assimilation of fascists into society after 1945 to the troubling reign of Silvio Berlusconi, and from the artistic peak of neorealist cinema to the celebration of Italy's 150th birthday in 2011, 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. Through stories of trials, TV programmes, songs and football matches, moments of violence and beauty, epochal social transformation and suffocating continuities, 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 over seventy years of post-war Italy, from its fields, factories, squares and housing estates to the political intrigue of Rome." -- _cTaken from dust jacket.
651		0	_917170 _aItaly _xHistory _y1945-
651		0	_9119645 _aItaly _xPolitics and government _y20th century
651		0	_917188 _aItaly _xPolitics and government _y1994-
651		0	_9119646 _aItaly _xEconomic conditions _y1945-
651		0	_9119647 _aItaly _xSocial life and customs _y1945-
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