Politics of Culture in Liberal Italy
From Unification to Fascism
Nonfiction, History, European General
| Author: | Axel Körner | ISBN: | 9781135894757 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 18, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Axel Körner |
| ISBN: | 9781135894757 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 18, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
With chapters on theatre and opera, architecture and urban planning, the medieval revival and the rediscovery of the Etruscan and Roman past, The Politics of Culture in Liberal Italy analyzes Italians' changing relationship to their new nation state and the monarchy, the conflicts between the peninsula's ancient elites and the rising middle class, and the emergence of new belief systems and of scientific responses to the experience of modernity.
With chapters on theatre and opera, architecture and urban planning, the medieval revival and the rediscovery of the Etruscan and Roman past, The Politics of Culture in Liberal Italy analyzes Italians' changing relationship to their new nation state and the monarchy, the conflicts between the peninsula's ancient elites and the rising middle class, and the emergence of new belief systems and of scientific responses to the experience of modernity.
