List of illustrations List of tables Preface INTRODUCTION 1 THE GEUGRAPHICAL DETERMINANTS OF DISUNITY 2 DISUNITY AND CONFLICT:FROM THE ROMANS TO THE RENAISSANCE,400~1494. 3 STAGNATION AND REFORM,1494~1789 4 THE EMERGENCE OF THE NATIONAL QUESTION,1789~1849 5 ITALY UNITED 6 THE LIBERAL STATE AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION,1870~1900 7 GIOLITTI,THE FIRST WORLD WAR,AND THE RISE OF FASCISM 8 FASCISM 9 THE REPUBLIC Select bibliography Index