Towards a Unified Italy Historical, Cultural, and Literary Perspectives on the Southern Question /

• Main Author: DiMaria, Salvatore (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Italian and Italian American Studies
• Subjects: Italy-History.; History, Modern.; Civilization-History.; Social history.; History of Italy.; Modern History.; Cultural History.; Social History.

Since unification in 1860, Italy has remained bitterly divided between the rich North and the underdeveloped South. This book examines the historical, literary, and cultural context that has informed and inflamed the debate on the Southern Question for over a century. It brings together analysis of...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The Southern Question
• 2. In Defense of Garibaldi
• 3. Brigands: Criminals or Patriots?
• 4. The Underdeveloped South
• 5. Emigration
• 6. Italy's Scourge: The Four Mafias
• 7. A Failed Reconstruction
• 8. Toward Making the Italians.