Profile of the Nation -- Introduction: Italians -- Pt. 1. Politics and Government -- Ch. 1. Political and Social Foundations -- Ch. 2. Decisive Turning Points and Constitutional Transformation -- Ch. 3. Dangers to the State -- Ch. 4. U.S.-Italian Relations -- Pt. 2. Economic and Social Transformation -- Ch. 5. The Economic Recovery -- Ch. 6. Industrial Change and Social Transformation -- Ch. 7. The Two Italies and the Southern Question -- Ch. 8. Emigration, Migration, Immigration, and Social Transformation -- Pt. 3. Society -- Ch. 9. Democratizing the Education System: Reforming an Education System That was Only for an Elite -- Ch. 10. Secularization of State and Society: The Catholic Church: The End of Its Hegemony Within Italian Society -- Ch. 11. Family: Tradition and Change -- Ch. 12. Women and Gender Relations -- Pt. 4. Communications and Cultural Changes -- Ch. 13. Cultural Modernization: Changes and Conflicts -- Ch. 14. Communications Revolution and Cultural Consumption
Ch. 15. A More Open Society -- Ch. 16. Conclusion: A Country in Search of Equilibrium
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