... organizations like Arci Donna have fought hard to achieve something closer to social equality, and to impress upon women that real equal rights depend on more than being able to choose your sex partner. An increasing number of young couples choose to live together before marriage, paying little more than a nod to tradition, and many younger Italian women pursue a series ... less olive oil in their diets. In the past, corn and rice were more popular in Northern regions than pasta. In the inland cities (Milan, Turin, Bologna), fish was more expensive than it was in coastal cities (Genoa, ...

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... the governments after the war were weak. they were coalitions (made up of more than one party) and were not able to take decisions. there was rising unemployment and this led to unrest in many cities and many people began to support the Communists. Mussolini set up the ... the Roman Empire. Mussolini organised armed gangs, called the Blackshirts, who dealt with troublemakers and criminals. they also broke up strikes. In some cities, Bologna for example, the Fascists were the police force. Mussolini's newspaper, "Il Popolo d'Italia", spread his ideas. As unemployment grew and ... stated t...

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... in Italy, the most prestigious and selective. There is a small detail however: Most of the students that will attend the admission exams are all sons and daughters of prominent doctors with so much of Ph.D. and other titles. Michaela is an orphan of an ER medic, and has high chances of not being able to pass the exam, as she is not as privileged as most ... not have a pressuring society based upon frenetic work and high achievements; about 60% of an Italian's time is made of eating and sleeping and the weekend is a sacred moment when the cities assume an unrecognizable deserted status. ...

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... and Italian emigration are a huge impact on how Italy is the way it is. Emigration was seen at an all-time high after the unification of Italy. The two phenomena have a relationship which show why Italy is the way it is and how Italian identity is now seen in today's world. There were many ... the same rules, the same tax system and the same criminal and civil laws. This then created a fiscal pressure for people of the South as they were not able to keep up with the new ways and support themselves. The economic measures then put an increase on taxes on basic goods which ... poor the Ita...

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In the autumn of 1922 groups of fascist followers numbering 5,000 flooded towards Rome in a coup. They seized a number crucial communications and transportation points in major cities before travelling to Rome. The Prime Minister Facta convinced the king to mobilise the ... the Italian Prime Minister and representative) stormed out of the treaties, only to return two weeks later. The hardships of war left a painful mark on the Italians; 600,00 war fatalities, a rapid rise in the cost of living and a considerable lack of Territorial (or industrial) gain from the Paris ... support. In 1921 a PN...

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