The Southern Question

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module focuses on the aggregate of problems known as the Southern Question that arose from the extreme economic, social, and cultural backwardness that characterized the historical development of southern Italy after national unification in 1871. We will investigate the disparities between the North and the South of Italy at the time and devote consideration to the origins and consequences of this divide as well as to the economic and political interests of the Northern elite who ruled the country as well as the responsibilities of the southern cultural elite.