The Real Italians : : A Study in European Psychology / / Carlo Sforza.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Sforza, Carlo,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1942]; ©1942
• Year of Publication: 1942
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Studies the historical origins of the Italians from their literature, dialects, roots in the soil, family bonds, religion, and their relationships with neighboring nations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. The Historical Origins of the Italians -- II. Why Their History Has Made the Italians Discontented Internationalists -- III. And Why This Discontent Has Produced the Principal Defect of a Part of the Italian Middle Class: Fustian -- IV. The Italians and Their Literature -- V. The Italians and Their Dialects -- VI. The Italians and Their Roots in the Soil -- VII. Italians and the Family Bond -- VIII. The Italians and Their Religion -- IX. Italians of the North and Italians of the South -- X. Italy and Foreign Visitors and Writers -- XI. The Italians and Their French Neighbors -- XII. The Italians and Their Swiss Neighbors -- XIII. The Italians and Their German Neighbors -- XIV. The Italians and Their Yugoslav Neighbors -- XV. The Italians and Their English Neighbors -- XVI. The Italians and America -- XVII. Anti-Italian Legends: Italian Skepticism -- XVIII. Anti-Italian Realities: Fascism -- XIX. The Italians and the Future of Europe -- Recent Books on Italian Problems