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Building a civil society : associations, public life, and the origins of modern Italy
- Title
- Building a civil society : associations, public life, and the origins of modern Italy / Steven C. Soper.
- Author
- Soper, Steven C., 1961-
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- ©2013
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- Description
- viii, 310 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The most passionate advocates of Italy's unification in the nineteenth century possessed an almost limitless faith in the benefits of civic association. They also shared a common concern: once Italian unification was achieved and various freedoms were established, would ordinary Italians naturally become responsible, progressive citizens, especially after centuries of foreign rule, regional division, and economic decline? Most unification advocates doubted that their fellow citizens could form a modern, progressive civil society on their own, or that a vibrant association life would develop from the ground up. 'Building a civil society' is the first book-length English-language study of associational life in nineteenth-century Italy. Drawing on extensive research in published and unpublished documents; including associational records, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, guidebooks, exhibition catalogues, memoirs, and private letters.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.
- Series Statement
- Toronto Italian studies
- Uniform Title
- Toronto Italian studies.
- Subject
- 1800 - 1899
- Associations, institutions, etc. > Italy > Veneto > History > 19th century
- Associations, institutions, etc. > Political aspects > History > Italy > Veneto > 19th century
- Liberalism > Italy > Veneto > History > 19th century
- Associations > Italie > Vénétie > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Associations > Aspect politique > Histoire > Italie > Vénétie > 19e siècle
- Libéralisme > Italie > Vénétie > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Liberalisme
- Verenigingen
- Burgermaatschappij
- Associations, institutions, etc
- Associations, institutions, etc. > Political aspects
- Liberalism
- Political science
- Social history
- Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
- Veneto (Italy) > Politics and government > 19th century
- Veneto (Italy) > Social conditions > 19th century
- Vénétie (Italie) > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle
- Vénétie (Italie) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle
- Italië
- Italy > Veneto
- Italy
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-295) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- In search of associational life -- Poetry and prose in the Risorgimento -- A new public -- Popular capitalism -- Notable politics -- The death of a generation -- Unknown territory -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2823
- ISBN
- 9781442645035
- 1442645032
- LCCN
- 2013474849
- OCLC
- 824604930
- Author
- Soper, Steven C., 1961- author.
- Title
- Building a civil society : associations, public life, and the origins of modern Italy / Steven C. Soper.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Toronto Italian studiesToronto Italian studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-295) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-2823