Society and the Professions in Italy, 1860–1914
Society and the Professions in Italy, 1860–1914
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USDThis is the first social and cultural study of the principal 'free' professions in Italy between unification and the First World War. It is a major contribution both to our understanding of the history of the bourgeoisie in Italy and to the developing role of professions in modern European society. The first section discusses the formation of modern Italian engineering, notarial occupations, law, and medicine, and the close involvement of members of the professions with the State and the university. The second section makes an important contribution to the study of Italian society of the period. It analyses the interrelation between the professions, the nobility and Parliament, and examines the social status of members of the professions – how they saw themselves, and how they were viewed by others. The collection as a whole offers a fresh review of the modern Italian bourgeoisie.
- The first book ever published on the history of the principal Italian professions
- Links the history of the formation of the professions with their role in society
- Makes an important contribution to the history of the Italian bourgeoisie and to modern European social history
Reviews & endorsements
"...a thematically unified collection of excellent essays putting the Italian experience into a wider European context." Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...[Malatesta] does a subtle and nuanced job integrating the international theoretical framework with the peculiarities of Italian developments. Her introduction and most of the individual essays indicate a high level of sophistication and a cosmopolitan awareness of comparable research going on elsewhere. The translation of this volume is clear and fluent....Most students of modern European social history, and not just specialists on professions, would benefit from reading this well-researched and carefully argued volume." American Historical Review
"Malatesta and her colleagues have produced an excellent, scholarly work in the comparative sociological/historical tradition. It will be of major importance for all those interested in state-profession relationships, in professionalism, and in the specific Italian forms of professional development." American Journal of Sociology
"...filled with important details and occasionally offer provocative generalizations.... This is a book that repays the effort of close reading." Rudolph M. Bell, Journal of Social History
Product details
January 1996Hardback
9780521465366
356 pages
236 × 159 × 25 mm
0.644kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction Maria Malatesta
- Part I. The Formation of the Professions:
- 1. Universities and professions Andrea Camelli
- 2. A jurist for united Italy: the training and culture of Neapolitan lawyers in the nineteenth century Aldo Mazzacane
- 3. Officials and professionals: notaries, the State and the market principle Marco Santoro
- 4. Between the State and the market: physicians in liberal Italy Paolo Frascani
- 5. The engineering profession 1802–1923 Michela Minesso
- Part II. Professions and Society:
- 6. Italian professionals: markets, incomes, estates and identities Alberto Mario Banti
- 7. Aristocracy and professions Giovanni Montroni
- 8. The professions in Parliament Fulvio Cammarano
- 9. Professionals in politics: clientelism and networks Luigi Musella.
