Modern Italy: 1815 to Present

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course examines the history of Italy from 1815 to the present. Modern Italy has been a laboratory for the social and political change of western Europe. Nationalism, fascism, and social democracy have found Italy an ideal terrain for their conceptual and historical development. We will focus on national unification post-unification strategies and contradictory nature of Italian democracy in post W.W.II decades.