Italian vices : nation and character from the Risorgimento to the republic / Silvana Patriarca.
Italian vices : nation and character from the Risorgimento to the republic / Silvana Patriarca.
Italian vices : nation and character from the Risorgimento to the republic / Silvana Patriarca.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N945.091/35
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English
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Physical content
x, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Indolence and regeneration -- Making citizens of character -- Latin individualism in the age of empire -- Virtues of war : Italian character "tested" and "revealed" -- "A difficult substance to modify" -- "Autobiographies" of the nation -- "Good people"? -- "Italians, that's the way we are".
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
"Why do Italians believe that they have a national character and that this character is a major reason for their political woes? Why is their self-image so frequently derogatory? In this meticulous new study of the role of national character in Italian political and social discourse, Silvana Patriarca reconstructs the genealogy of a pervasive idea...
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Italian vices : nation and character from the Risorgimento to the republic / Silvana Patriarca.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-269) and index.
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N945.091/35
Record Identifier
74VvJwekPjXl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvJwekPjXl
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ISBN
0521761018 (hardback)
9780521761017 (hardback)
DDC
945.091
MMS ID
991008003939702626
