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The first social and cultural study of the principal 'free' professions in Italy between 1860 and 1914.
Synopsis
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.
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.