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The hunchback's tailor : Giovanni Giolitti and liberal Italy from the challenge of mass politics to the rise of fascism, 1882-1922 / Alexander De Grand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Grand, Alexander J., 1938-
- Series:
- Italian and Italian American studies 1530-7263
- Italian and Italian American studies, 1530-7263
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Giolitti, Giovanni, 1842-1928.
- Giolitti, Giovanni.
- Liberalism.
- History.
- Italy--Politics and government--1870-1914.
- Italy.
- Politics and government.
- Italy--Politics and government--1914-1922.
- Liberalism--Italy--History--19th century.
- Liberalism--Italy--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 294 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
- Summary:
- Examines the political life of one of Italy's most notable prime ministers, Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928).
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Apprenticeship of a Statesman, 1842-1892 11
- Chapter 2 A Disastrous Beginning: The Presidency of the Council of Ministers, 1892-1893 33
- Chapter 3 Into the Wilderness: Giolitti in Opposition, 1894-1901 61
- Chapter 4 The Zanardelli-Giolitti Government: 1901-1903 85
- Chapter 5 Giolitti's Second Ministry: Doing It "Right," 1903-1905 113
- Chapter 6 The Long Ministry, 1906-1909: The Heyday of the Giolittian System 133
- Chapter 7 Domestic Reform and War, 1910-1914 161
- Chapter 8 A Second Political Exile, 1914-1920 197
- Chapter 9 Giolitti and the Crisis of the Liberal State, 1920-1928 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 027596874X
- OCLC:
- 43526820
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