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| Introduction | ix | |
| 01 | What made Italy? | 1 |
| The land | ||
| History | ||
| 02 | The language | 25 |
| Latin roots | ||
| Some other major influences on Italian | ||
| The emergence of standard Italian | ||
| Regional Italian | ||
| Dialects--what are they? | ||
| Linguistic minorities | ||
| Italian outside Italy | ||
| Slang gergo | ||
| An expressive language that needs no words! | ||
| More recent influences on the Italian language | ||
| What of the future? | ||
| Encouragement for present and future learners | ||
| 03 | Literature | 43 |
| Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) | ||
| Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) | ||
| Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989) | ||
| Elsa Morante (1912-1985) | ||
| Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) | ||
| Italo Calvino (1923-1985) | ||
| Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) | ||
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) | ||
| Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) | ||
| Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | ||
| 04 | Art and architecture | 67 |
| Greek and Roman art | ||
| The Byzantine influence | ||
| The Dark Ages | ||
| Romanesque | ||
| Gothic | ||
| The Renaissance | ||
| Secular architecture | ||
| Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: Baroque | ||
| Nineteenth century: Neo-Classical | ||
| Twentieth century: the Futurists | ||
| Modern architecture | ||
| Domestic architecture | ||
| 05 | Italian music | 87 |
| Luciano Pavarotti | ||
| The heritage | ||
| Instruments | ||
| Traditional music | ||
| Ecclesiastical music | ||
| Composers of the Renaissance era | ||
| The Baroque period | ||
| The Romantic era | ||
| Opera | ||
| Pop music | ||
| Name that tune | ||
| 06 | Festivals, customs and traditions | 106 |
| Festivals | ||
| II Calendario | ||
| Shop-closing dates | ||
| The Italian life-cycle | ||
| Customs and folklore | ||
| Superstitions | ||
| Folklore | ||
| Traditions | ||
| 07 | Modern creativity | 122 |
| Science and technology--the legacy | ||
| Infrastructure | ||
| The media | ||
| Telecommunications | ||
| Sport | ||
| Cinema | ||
| Fashion | ||
| Food and drink | ||
| Promoting Italy abroad: the Italian image | ||
| 08 | Present-day political structures and institutions | 153 |
| From monarchy to Republic | ||
| The president | ||
| Parliament | ||
| The government | ||
| The prime minister | ||
| Political parties | ||
| Social turmoil and its political consequences | ||
| Economic revival | ||
| Devolution of power | ||
| Church and State | ||
| What's in a name? | ||
| D'Alema to Berlusconi | ||
| 09 | The basics for living | 172 |
| Education | ||
| Health | ||
| Housing | ||
| Transport | ||
| 10 | Italians at work and play | 194 |
| Agriculture | ||
| Industries | ||
| Tourism | ||
| Working practices | ||
| Unemployment | ||
| Trade unions | ||
| Leisure pursuits | ||
| 11 | The people | 220 |
| Population | ||
| The family | ||
| The roles of the sexes | ||
| Immigration | ||
| The environment | ||
| Religious observance | ||
| 12 | Italy in the wider world | 242 |
| The European dimension | ||
| What of the future? | ||
| Past and present glories revisited | ||
| Appendix | 252 | |
| Index | 253 |
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