MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE 

 

History 2030                                                      Fall, 2007
Italy Since 1800                                                 Mr. Bowling
                                                                            J. Tellier
                                                                
 Books: 

	*Spencer Di Scala, Italy: From Revolution to     Republic; 1700 to the Present, 3rd ed.     (Boulder, 2004).
	Nelson Moe, The View from Vesuvius; Italian      Culture & the Southern Question     (Berkeley, 2002).
	Geoffrey Wawro, Prisoner of the Vatican; The     Popes, the Kings, & Garibaldi's Rebels in     the Struggle to Rule Modern Italy (New     York, 2004).
	Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle;     The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy     (Berkeley, 1997).
	John Dickie, Cosa Nostra; A History of the     Sicilian Mafia (New York, 2004).
	Eugenio Corti, The Last Soldiers of the King;     Wartime Italy, 1943-1945 (Columbia, Mo.,     2003).
	Gianfranco Cresciani, The Italians in      Australia.  Cambridge  2003.

Requirements: 

Schedule:

       First Examination:  Thursday, September 27th.

       Second Examination:  Monday, November 5th.

       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!"