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Benedetto Croce and the Birth of the Italian Republic, 1943-1952 / Fabio Rizi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rizi, Fabio, author.
- Series:
- Toronto Italian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952.
- Croce, Benedetto.
- Italy--Politics and government--1943-1947.
- Italy.
- Benedetto Croce.
- Italian Liberal Party.
- Italian history.
- Italian politics.
- biography.
- fall of Mussolini.
- intellectual figures in Italian political history.
- liberalism in Italy.
- modern Italian history.
- post-war Italy.
- Local Subjects:
- Benedetto Croce.
- Italian Liberal Party.
- Italian history.
- Italian politics.
- Italy.
- biography.
- fall of Mussolini.
- intellectual figures in Italian political history.
- liberalism in Italy.
- modern Italian history.
- post-war Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- As president of the Italian Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce was one of the most influential intellectuals involved in Italian public affairs after the fall of Mussolini. Placing Croce at the centre of historical events between 1943 and 1952, this book details his participation in Italy's political life, and his major contributions to the rebirth of Italian democracy. Drawing on a great amount of primary material, including Croce's political speeches, correspondences, diaries, and official documents from post-war Italy, this book illuminates the dynamic and progressive nature of Croce's liberalism and the shortcomings of the old Liberal leaders. Providing a year-by-year account of Croce's initiatives, author Fabio Fernando Rizi fills the gap in Croce's biography, covering aspects of his public life often neglected, misinterpreted, or altogether ignored, and restores his standing among the founding fathers of modern Italy.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Croce and Italy in 1943
- 2. Waging War
- 3. The Matter of the King
- 4. The Congress of Bari
- 5. De Nicola's Negotiations
- 6. A Democratic Compromise
- 7. A Government of National Unity
- 8. Rome's Liberation
- 9. From Bonomi to Bonomi
- 10. The Northern Wind
- 11. The Advent of De Gasperi
- 12. Election and Referendum
- 13. The Constituent Assembly
- 14. The Peace Treaty of 1947
- 15. A New Course
- 16. The Elections of 1948
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-3023-4
- 1-4875-3022-6
- OCLC:
- 1080435249
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