{"product_id":"italy-since-1945-patrick-mccarthy-9780198731696","title":"Italy Since 1945","description":"\u003cem\u003eItaly since 1945\u003c\/em\u003e sets in context the tremendous changes that Italy has undergone in the last 55 years. In place of the land of pizza, sunshine, and soccer, McCarthy describes a developing nation: an economy that has found its own road to success via the \u003cem\u003epiccole imprese\u003c\/em\u003e with an increasingly strong stockmarket and more sophisticated banking; a dynamic, traditional, family-centered society; and a political system struggling to modernize after forty years of Christian Democrat rule and Communist opposition. McCarthy also looks at the role of the Church, including Pius XII's wartime activities and the 'foreign pope', John-Paul II before finally turning to sport in Italy - the only country to have 3 daily newspapers devoted to the subject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Authoritative, accessible, and absorbing, the book examines modern Italy through the eyes of 10 leading commentators and explores the Italian experience in the wider context of both the nation's past and its wider contemporary European position.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198731698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198731696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.42w x 0.58d","brand":"Patrick McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054679912703,"sku":"9780198731696","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffae6a1b-0708-4108-8012-6dbcc3e08baa.jpg?v=1685031358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italy-since-1945-patrick-mccarthy-9780198731696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}