The Real Italians : A Study in European Psychology / Carlo Sforza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sforza, Carlo, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1942]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the historical origins of the Italians from their literature, dialects, roots in the soil, family bonds, religion, and their relationships with neighboring nations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. The Historical Origins of the Italians

II. Why Their History Has Made the Italians Discontented Internationalists

III. And Why This Discontent Has Produced the Principal Defect of a Part of the Italian Middle Class: Fustian

IV. The Italians and Their Literature

V. The Italians and Their Dialects

VI. The Italians and Their Roots in the Soil

VII. Italians and the Family Bond

VIII. The Italians and Their Religion

IX. Italians of the North and Italians of the South

X. Italy and Foreign Visitors and Writers

XI. The Italians and Their French Neighbors

XII. The Italians and Their Swiss Neighbors

XIII. The Italians and Their German Neighbors

XIV. The Italians and Their Yugoslav Neighbors

XV. The Italians and Their English Neighbors

XVI. The Italians and America

XVII. Anti-Italian Legends: Italian Skepticism

XVIII. Anti-Italian Realities: Fascism

XIX. The Italians and the Future of Europe

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Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89689-1

OCLC:

1100447333