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Author Soper, Steven C., 1961- author.

Title Building a civil society : associations, public life, and the origins of modern Italy / Steven C. Soper
Published Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : maps
Series Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1 In Search of Associational Life -- Chapter 2 Poetry and Prose in the Risorgimento -- Chapter 3 A New Public -- Chapter 4 Popular Capitalism -- Chapter 5 Notable Politics -- Chapter 6 The Death of a Generation -- Chapter 7 Unknown Territory -- Conclusion
Summary Drawing on extensive research in published and unpublished documents -- including associational records, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, guidebooks, exhibition catalogues, memoirs, and private letters -- Steven C. Soper provides a complex account of Italian liberalism during Europe's age of association
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index
Subject Associations, institutions, etc. -- Italy -- Veneto -- History -- 19th century
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Veneto -- History -- 19th century
Liberalism -- Italy -- Veneto -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Political aspects
Liberalism
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Veneto (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Veneto (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject Italy -- Veneto
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442664456
1442664452