Soper, Steven C., 1961- author.

Building a civil society : associations, public life, and the origins of modern Italy / Steven C. Soper.

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.

vii, 310 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Toronto Italian studies

The most passionate advocates of Italy's unification in the nineteenth century possessed an almost limitless faith in the benefits of civic association. They also shared a common concern: once Italian unification was achieved and various freedoms were established, would ordinary Italians naturally become responsible, progressive citizens, especially after centuries of foreign rule, regional division, and economic decline? Most unification advocates doubted that their fellow citizens could form a modern, progressive civil society on their own, or that a vibrant association life would develop from the ground up. 'Building a civil society' is the first book-length English-language study of associational life in nineteenth-century Italy. Drawing on extensive research in published and unpublished documents; including associational records, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, guidebooks, exhibition catalogues, memoirs, and private letters. Steven C. Soper provides a complex account of Italian liberalism during Europe's age of association.

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Associations, institutions, etc. Italy Veneto History 19th century.
Associations, institutions, etc. Political aspects Italy Veneto History 19th century.
Liberalism Italy Veneto History 19th century.
Associations Italie Vénétie Histoire 19e siècle.
Associations Aspect politique Italie Vénétie Histoire 19e siècle.
Libéralisme Italie Vénétie Histoire 19e siècle.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Associations, institutions, etc. Political aspects.
Liberalism.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
Liberalisme.
Verenigingen.
Burgermaatschappij.
Veneto (Italy) Politics and government 19th century.
Veneto (Italy) Social conditions 19th century.
Vénétie (Italie) Politique et gouvernement 19e siècle.
Vénétie (Italie) Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
Italy Veneto.
Italien
Italië.

History.

Toronto Italian studies.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 285392
Cote: BIB 224865
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