The New History Of The Italian South

The Mezzogiorno Revisited

Prof Robert Lumley editor Prof Jonathan Morris editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Exeter

Published:1st Nov '97

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The New History Of The Italian South cover


This collection of essays brings together the work of a new generation of revisionist historians who argue that the true history of Southern Italy has been reduced to that of a 'Southern problem' viewed through a Northern prism. These scholars suggest that the South was not a 'backward' region, but a combination of regions in which different social and economic patterns had evolved in response to the prevailing conditions within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.



The book employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine not only the concrete history of the South, but also the discourses and images in which it has been framed. It is the first publication in English devoted to the new history of Southern Italy, and brings together many of the leading figures in the revisionist movement, as well as some of their critics.





". . . provides the English reader with a good account of the different approaches to the discussion . . . The outcome of considerable collaboration between Italian and English historians . . . " (Modern Italy, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1998)


ISBN: 9780859895064

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176 pages