1. Introduction: Italian Regionalism in Context / Carl Levy -- 2. Shifting Identities: Nation, Region and City / Adrian Lyttelton -- 3. Changing Perspectives on Italy's 'Southern Problem' / John A. Davis -- 4. Linguistic Variety in Italy / Anna Laura Lepschy, Giulio Lepschy and Miriam Voghera -- 5. Sardinia: Cheese and Modernization / Martin Clark -- 6. Federalism, Regionalism and the Unitary State: Contemporary Regional Pressures in Historical Perspective / David Hine -- 7. The Northern League: Conservative Revolution? / Joseph Farrell and Carl Levy -- 8. The Autonomous Leagues in the Veneto / Percy Allum and Ilvo Diamanti -- 9. Ethnicity, Racism and the Northern League / Anna Cento Bull -- Appendix. Note on the 1995 Regional Elections