Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index.
The geographical determinants of disunity -- Disunity and conflict: from the Romans to the Renaissance, 400-1494 -- Stagnation and reform, 1494-1789 -- The emergence of the national question, 1789-1849 -- Italy united -- The liberal state and the social question, 1870-1900 -- Giolitti, the First World War, and the rise of fascism -- Fascism -- The republic