The Hunchback's Tailor: Giovanni Giolitti and Liberal Italy from the Challenge of Mass Politics to the Rise of Fascism, 1882-1922

by Alexander J. De Grand

Alongside Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) stands out as one of the major liberal reformers of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. In the first complete English-language study of Giolitti, De Grand examines the political life of Italy's most notable prime minister after Cavour. Giolitti emerges not as a transitional figure leading fledgling Italy into modern democracy, but as a staunch adherent of 19th-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027596874X
• ISBN13: 9780275968748
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"