Building a Civil Society : : Associations, Public Life, and the Origins of Modern Italy / / Steven C. Soper.

The most passionate advocates of Italy's unification in the nineteenth century possessed an almost limitless faith in the benefits of civic association. They also shared a common concern: once Italian unification was achieved and various freedoms were established, would ordinary Italians natura...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2013
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 In Search of Associational Life
  • 2 Poetry and Prose in the Risorgimento
  • 3 A New Public
  • 4 Popular Capitalism
  • 5 Notable Politics
  • 6 The Death of a Generation
  • 7 Unknown Territory
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index