Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-216) and index.
Series Foreword / Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling -- 1. An Introduction to Modern Italy -- 2. Italy in the Ancient and Classical Ages -- 3. Italy in the Middle Ages, 400-1300 -- 4. Renaissance Italy, 1300-1500 -- 5. Early Modern Italy, 1500-1789 -- 6. The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Restoration of Austrian Power in Italy, 1789-1848 -- 7. Unification of Italy: The Risorgimento and the "Making of Italians," 1848-1900 -- 8. The Era of Giolitti and World War I, 1900-1918 -- 9. The Fascist Era and World War II, 1919-1945 -- 10. Postwar Italian Political and Economic Life -- 11. Postwar Italian Society and Culture