Society and the Professions in Italy, 1860-1914

by Maria Malatesta

Overview

This 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 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. The second section provides an analysis of the interrelation among the professions, the nobility and Parliament, and examines the social status of members of the professions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521465366
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/07/1995
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.98(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

"...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

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