The New Italians

Klappentext Italy is as exasperating as it is enchanting. This book paints a group portrait of the country and people! spanning football to Freemansonry! kickbacks to kidnappings. It concludes that however much things change! the Italians will remain essentially the same! and pull through with their customary 'brio'. Zusammenfassung Italy has seduced generations with its sunshine, landscapes, art treasures and the warmth and vitality of its people, devoted to style, sensuality and the pleasures of life. The reality is less rosy. Italy is as exasperating as it is enchanting. Appalling public services, a rotten political class, the creeping tentacles of the Mafia, the all-forgiving Mother Church and infinitely indulgent ‘mamma’ have long prevented Italians facing up to their collective failings. In ‘The New Italians’, journalist Charles Richards paints a compelling group portrait of the country and people, spanning football to Freemansonry, kickbacks to kidnappings. He concludes that however much things change, the Italians will remain essentially the same, and pull through with their customary ‘brio’.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Richards, Richards Charles
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.1995
• EAN: 9780140171099
• ISBN: 978-0-14-017109-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government