Italian unification

late 15th century Spain was ruled by King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile, who married and merged their kingdoms. Ferdinand and Isabella both shared a vision to spread their Christian faith, find more unification for trade around the world and gain riches. An Italian explorer who desired the same effects, Christopher Columbus, yearned for the king and queen to invest in his expedition as he was hoping to find glory through discovering a faster route to Asia. This fed into an…

stereotypes. Often, native-born Americans formed and enforced a certain stereotype against the wide variety of immigrant groups that have entered our country. Natives to our country created a stereotype of racial inferiority for Irish, Chinese, and Italian immigrant groups in the twentieth century out of anger due to the possible threat of losing government strength and jobs, which, in turn, could lead to a lifestyle of poverty for families. Political cartoons were often used to further explain…

“The Duties of Man” was written by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1860. His target audience was the Italian working-man who, despite his best efforts, was unable to support him and his family. “The Duties of Man” mainly discusses the importance of leaving individuality behind and thinking in terms of Humanity as a whole. Doing things for the betterment of Humanity keeps egoism from getting the better of men and they are able to make more rational decisions. When men think of not just their children and…

purpose of intellectuals “guiding” the common man into abandoning his native tongue and speaking the national language, as noted in his description on how formal Italian spread after unification by the use of the Tuscan dialect that would supersede the other regional dialects by the way of formal schooling that consolidated the Italian nation (Gramsci 1985: 165-7; see also Ibid 167-71). In that sense it can be surmised that cultural hegemony has the same organizational skills as political…

As shown all the considered fashion luxury companies are characterised by a superior quality products, a particular heritage, a special attention in the manufacturing process, a significant number of products under the same name umbrella and a direct control on every single store. Gucci distinctive features instead are linked to its manufacturing process 100% based on its country of origin, its focus on leather goods, its iconic products such as the Bamboo bag and the Jackie bag. Moreover the…

The Italian people wanted to combine religion and politics. “When the nation-state of Italy was created in 1870, the highest aim of Risorgimento patriots was the civil and moral renewal of the Italian people. (pp.1)” The Risorgimento was a movement during the 19th century in hopes of forming Italy into a country instead of remaining a set of different independent states. It is sometimes called the Italian revolt because it was a time for awakening and allowing the Italian people to gain…

This investigation focuses on how Hitler and Mussolini co-operated in the inter-war period , which led to the Rome-Berlin Axis in 1936. I will focus on how the Abyssinian Crisis, the Spanish Civil War and Hitler’s ambitions for Anschluss, including their common ideologies and enemies, as well as their aggressive foreign policies. I have chosen this topic to understand how the two leaders needed each other in order to revise the consequences of the Versailles Treaty, as well as their envy for…

The 19th century was a revolutionary time in Europe. The continent began the century filled with absolute monarchies and little to no free trade, and ended it dominated by the bourgeoisie, or middle class, and emerging capitalist economies. These fundamental changes in society led to the emergence of revolutionary political thinkers like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, who in 1848 released The Communist Manifesto. In The Manifesto they describe what they view to be the cyclical nature of human…

Jingoism- Extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. Although rarely used in our lives, this is the best word to describe Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was willing to do anything for Italy’s growth as a country. For his extreme efforts to build Italy he is falsely remembered as one of the most diabolical dictators, in history responsible for thousands of deaths. He was interested in obtaining power so he could make Italy into a dominant…

and state governments, making the Constitution the ‘Supreme Law of the Land’, and separating the power between branches (Perry Local, Pg 1). I feel that we can compare this to modern day Somalia. On July 1st, 1960, Somalia celebrated the joining of Italian Somaliland and former British Somaliland into the Somali Republic. Since British Somaliland was under a protectorate with the British, they had to pay customs taxes to Britain. Britain has also recently been putting restrictions on what can be…