12. Italy's 150th Anniversary: Commemorating the Past in a Divided Country

12. Italy's 150th Anniversary: Commemorating the Past in a Divided Country

  On 17 March 2011, Italy celebrated its 150th anniversary. On that day in 1861, Victor Emmanuel II had become the first king of Italy. This date, however, marked only a formal moment of annexation. It was not a day of revolution but instead a bureaucratic (albeit highly symbolic) political unificat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Italian politics 2012-07, Vol.27 (1), p.262
Hauptverfasser: Foot, John, Owen, Samantha
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Sprache:eng
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Anniversaries
European history
Political science
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Zusammenfassung:  On 17 March 2011, Italy celebrated its 150th anniversary. On that day in 1861, Victor Emmanuel II had become the first king of Italy. This date, however, marked only a formal moment of annexation. It was not a day of revolution but instead a bureaucratic (albeit highly symbolic) political unification.
ISSN:1086-4946
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DOI:10.3167/ip.2012.270115