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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791918103321

Autore

Edwards Phil

Titolo

'More work! Less pay!' [[electronic resource] ] : rebellion and repression in Italy, 1972-7 / / Phil Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-84779-731-8

1-78170-219-5

1-84779-292-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

322.42094509047

Soggetti

Protest movements - Italy - History - 20th century

Radicalism - Italy - History - 20th century

Italy Politics and government 1945-1976

Italy Politics and government 1976-1994

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

9780719078736; 9780719078736; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of fi gures; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Hot Autumn and after: a cycle of contention reconsidered; 3 From Resistance to Historic Compromise: the politics of the PCI; 4 From Feltrinelli to Moro: a second cycle of contention; 5 'Repudiate all forms of intolerance': how the movements were framed; 6 A cycle and its aftermath; 7 Do you remember revolution?; 8 Social movements and cycles of contention: theoretical appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the mid-1970s, a long wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy. 'Proletarian youth', 'metropolitan Indians', 'the area of Autonomy': a shifting galaxy of groups and movements practised new forms of activism. Factories and universities were occupied; rent and utility payments were withheld; neo-Fascists and drug pushers were attacked on sight. The movements were at once creative and brutal, intransigent and playful. A particular target for mockery was the parliamentary Left, and above all the Italian Communist Party (PCI). An earlier wave of radical activism had culminated in the H