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.

Italian and Italian American studies, 1530-7263

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Giolitti, Giovanni, 1842-1928.

Giolitti, Giovanni.

Liberalism--Italy--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Liberalism--Italy--History--20th century.

Italy--Politics and government--1870-1914.

Italy.

Italy--Politics and government--1914-1922.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 294 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines the political life of Italy's most notable prime minister after Cavour. Alongside Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) stands out as one of the major liberal reformers of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword by Spencer M Di Scala; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Apprenticeship of a Statesman 1842 1892; Chapter 2 A Disastrous Beginning: The Presidency of the Council of Ministers 1892 1893; Chapter 3 Into the Wilderness Giolitti in Opposition 1894 1901; Chapter 4 The Zanardelli Giolitti Government 1901 1903; Chapter 5 Giolitti's Second Ministry Doing It Right 1903 1905; Chapter 6 The Long Ministry, 1906-1909: The Heyday of the Giolittian System; Chapter 7 Domestic Reform and War 1910 1914; Chapter 8 A Second Political Exile 1914 1920; Chapter 9 Giolitti and the Crisis of the Liberal State 1920 1928; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]- 283) and index.

ISBN:

979-84-00-66765-7

0-313-00137-5

OCLC:

55109505