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History of Contemporary Italy Course in Florence, Italy

This course reviews the social and political history Italy in the second half of the 20th century. Students will analyze the transformations that conducted Italy from Fascism to becoming a Republic and member of the European union, all in the brief span of a few decades.

The topics of the course are:

The coming of Fascism and Mussolini: from a Monarchy to a Dictatorship;
The second world war;
The end of WWII and of Fascism;
The Partisan phenomenon, the Constitution and the Republic;
Italy during the reconstruction;
The 1950’s and the economic boom;
Emigration and the economic and social changes;
The 1960’s and the evolution of the big political parties: the center left, the Cristian Democrats, the Communist Party and the Socialist;
The 1970’s and the season of violence: mafia, massacres and terrorism;
The economic crisis of the 1980’s;
“Tangentopoli” the transformation of the large political parties, the new electoral laws and New Politics;
Italy in the European Union and the new political figures;

Although the History of Contemporary Italy Course can be taken alone, other students usually have chosen to combine the Italian language Courses and the History of Contemporary Italy Course and that's why we've created the Intensive Culture Courses (Italian + Culture).

For more information about this course please contact us.

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1 lesson: 45 minutes;
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History of Contemporary Italy