MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE 

History 2030                                                  Fall, 2005            

Italy Since 1800                                             Mr. Bowling
                                                                        F. Notaristefano 
                                                                              

Books: 

	*Spencer Di Scala, Italy: From Revolution to      Republic; 1700 to the Present, 3rd ed.      (Boulder, 2004).
	John Julius Norwich, Paradise of Cities; Venice       in the Nineteenth Century (New York, 2003).
	Geoffrey Wawro, The Austro-Prussian War       (Cambridge, 1996).
	Claudio Lazzaro & Roger Crum, eds., Donatello      among Blackshirts; History & Modernity in       the Visual Culture of Fascist Italy (Ithaca,      2004).
	Simon Martin, Football & Fascism: The      National Game Under Mussolini (Oxford,      2004).
	Ed Ruggero, Combat Jump; The Young Men       Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe,      July 1943 (New York, 2003).
	Roy Palmer Domenico, Remaking Italy in the      20th Century (Lanham, Md., 2002).

 

Requirements:

 

     

Schedule:

 

       First Examination:  Monday, October 3rd.

       Second Examination:  Monday, November 7th.

       Final Examination:  to be scheduled during the 
           examination period.

Topics to be Considered:

    The Classical Inheritance--and Ruins--of Italy

    The Italian Problem(s), c. 1800

    The Risorgimento Begins

    Forces Opposing the national idea

    The Players of the Hour:

        Mazzini

        Pio Nono

        Cavour

        Garibaldi

        Victor Emmanuel

    Difficulties of a New Kingdom

    The Catholic Question

    The Social Question

    The Giolittian Era

    Fascism: Its Intellectual Origins

    The Impact of the Great War, and Its Aftermath

    Mussolini and the Fascist Coup

    Gramsci: His Analysis and Legacy

    Building the Fascist State: Achievements and
       Frustrations

    Mussolini's Foreign Adventures: Restoring "Greatness"

    The Second World War Comes to Italy

    The Cold War Comes to Italy

    De Gasperi and Christian Democracy: Promise and
       Problems

    The Economic Miracle of Postwar Italy

    The Continuing Problems of "Blocked Democracy"

    The Legacy of 1968

    Trials and Tribulations: Terrorism in the 1970s

    The End of the Cold War Structure

    The War Against the Mafia (continued)

    Italy's New Cultural Impact on the World

    "Go Italy!"