Keywords
emigration, immigration, nationalism, Fascism, Liberalism, nation-state, Risorgimento, irredentism
Abstract
Shortly after unification in the Risorgimento, mass emigration stretched Italy in unforeseen ways, changing its culture, economics, and politics, and even its state, territory, language, and population. This enforced globalization polarized Italy and radically changed Italy as a nation-state and as a national culture. Controversies over emigration sharply divided Italian Liberals from the Nationalists and Fascists. The ideals of the nation-state, articulated by Mazzini, have been transformed by emigration in ways that have anticipated the twenty-first century global world. Today Italy faces similar challenges with rising immigration, together with the potential for constructive solutions.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Choate, Mark I., "Italy at home and abroad after 150 years: The legacy of emigration and the future of italianità" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1960.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1960
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2012-5
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3907
Publisher
Italian Culture 30, n.1, Special Issue on the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
History
Copyright Status
© American Association for Italian Studies 2012. All rights reserved. This is the author's submitted version of this article. The definitive version can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/toc/yitc20/30/1?nav=tocList
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