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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784737603321

Autore

Di Scala Spencer

Titolo

Renewing Italian socialism : Nenni to Craxi / / Spencer M. Di Scala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-280-44978-0

0-19-536396-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

24.245/074

Soggetti

Socialism - Italy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Persons Interviewed; CHAPTER 1 Exile; CHAPTER 2 Returning Home; CHAPTER 3 Rodolfo Morandi's ""Class Politics""; CHAPTER 4 Liberty and Giuseppe Saragat; CHAPTER 5 The Popular Front; CHAPTER 6 Pietro Nenni's Realignment; CHAPTER 7 The Pralognan Road; CHAPTER 8 Neo-Socialists and New Frontiersmen; CHAPTER 9 Birth of the Center-Left; CHAPTER 10 The Center-Left and Its Enemies; CHAPTER 11 Drift and Decline; CHAPTER 12 Bettino Craxi's ""Socialist Alternative""; CHAPTER 13 The Socialist-Led Government; CHAPTER 14 The New Course

CHAPTER 15 What Remains of Socialism?Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Tables; Chronology; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive history of Italian Socialism in English, this book ranges from the defeat of Socialism by Mussolini in 1926 to its resurgence as a powerful force in Italian politics today. Di Scala has not only combed the archives of Italy and America, but also interviewed an array of prominent Italian and American sources, providing testimonies that are themselves likely to become important historical documents. His sweeping, intensive survey sheds new light on important Socialists such as Rodolfo Morandi and Pietro Nenni, and highlights the tremendous accomplishments of Italy's first