Synopsis for JW3 Italian class, Thursday 10th Feb

William Tyler
Feb 9, 2022
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SOCIAL PROGRESS & SOCIAL STAGNATION

1861-1915

That North/South divide again!
Money and weights and measures
Industrial Progress in the North brings its own problems
1893 Riots in Sicily
1898/99 Riots in North and South
Assassination of Umberto I
Emigration an answer for many
Concluding remarks

Some new book references

Christ stopped at Eboli Carlo Levi

Rural Italy William Beauclerk

Casalattico Brian Reynolds

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