South Tyrol: A Minority Conflict of the Twentieth Century

by Rolf Steininger and Johan Niezing

South Tyrol, a region in the heart of the Alps about half the size of Connecticut, brings into sharp focus an important part of twentieth-century history. Tyrol, a province that had been part of Austria for over 500 years and was almost totally German-speaking, was split in two after World War I and the southern part awarded to Italy as "spoils of war."The first phase to follow after the split of Tyrol was systematic subjection by the Italian Fascists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765808005
• ISBN13: 9780765808004
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"