Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy The Piedmontese Nobility, 1861-1930 |
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| Author:
| Cardoza, Anthony L. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-59303-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $133.00 |
Book Description:
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This book provides the first full account of the Italian nobility in the post-unification era, and challenges recent interpretations that have stressed the rapid fusion of old and new elites by highlighting the continuing economic strength, social power and political influence of Italy's most prominent regional aristocracy. In Piedmont nobles developed more indirect forms of influence, while remaining a separate and exclusive group with limited social contacts with industrial or...
More DescriptionThis book provides the first full account of the Italian nobility in the post-unification era, and challenges recent interpretations that have stressed the rapid fusion of old and new elites by highlighting the continuing economic strength, social power and political influence of Italy's most prominent regional aristocracy. In Piedmont nobles developed more indirect forms of influence, while remaining a separate and exclusive group with limited social contacts with industrial or managerial elites, until World War I transformed their old way of life.