Cultural Policy and History of Italy Italy is, for lack of a better word, a rather young state with it's origin in the year 1860. ... Since the country is known very much for it's history originating in its own culture, those were the first laws that were past. They guarded the history of the country and its artistic assets located within the region (and rightly so). ... The past is something that Italy prides itself on. ... Due to the fact that Italy's land is home to some of the greatest artifact and general cultural history of mankind, great measures were taken in the prot...

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Throughout Italy's long history it has gone through essentially 3 times periods in regards to food and culture; the Ancient times, Imperial Rome, and the New World/Renaissance. The ancient times were important in Italy's culture because that is when the first civilization settled in Italy, this group of people was called the Etruscans. ... The New World/Renaissance time period was very significant in Italy's history and arguably the most important in its culture. During this time Italy had the majority of explorers going to the New World that resulted in a vast amount of dive...

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During the Italian Renaissance meaning 'Rebirth', which started at around 1350, many changes were brought upon society. These changes influenced society positively. These new styles of art, music, politics, and medicine brought forth many advancements as society soon emerged. Conditions in soc...

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History and Demographics: In the United States today, there are currently 26 million Italian-Americans. ... The majority of Italian-Americans speak English and have a sense of the Italian language. ... Religion: Italians and Italian-Americans are devout Catholics. ... Italian-American cookbooks are possibly the most popular Italian-American literature sources to be found. ... Italians and Italian-Americans have a strong belief in superstitions. ...

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During the time period between 1850 and 1880 most Italian immigrants were from the northern regions of Italy. ... There was then an increase in immigration from Italy. ... Padroni are Italian Americans who took advantage of other Italian immigrants by contracting them out or having them work for them. ... In 1910 11% of northern Italians were illiterate while 52% of the southern Italians were illiterate (Pretelli, 2013). ... Most Italians were Catholic. ...

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The unification of Italy is inextricably bound up with the "Risorgimento" - an Italian word which suggests the idea of awakening and the recovery of strength - and was perhaps the most important event in modern Italian history. ... From the beginning of time until 1861 there had only been the history of individual regions, but from that month onward there existed a united kingdom. ... In other words, virtually none of Italy was owned by Italians. ... The Italian army was then able to move into Rome and Italy at last included the entire peninsula. Rome became the capital of Italy in 1871. ...

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When the Italian Renaissance occurred, this marked the beginning of the rebirth of a society long gone. ... One method by which these ancient ideas crept into Italy was by the fall of Constantinople in 1453. ... Another way that Greco-Roman beliefs thrived within the Italian Renaissance was by way of two Italian authors named Dante and Petrarch, who lived in the early 1300's. These classical ways of thought were being used all throughout Italy as a result of this 'rebirth'. ... Writers of history and politics used these classical beliefs and philosophies as examples to get t...

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The two historical phenomena's, the 'Questione Meridionale' and Italian emigration are a huge impact on how Italy is the way it is. ... There were many other factors that concerned Italy after the unification but emigration was the most important and the most occurring in history. ... Emigration was one of the biggest phenomena of recent history due to the effects and suffering that was surrounded with it. ... As there were so many Italians immigrating at this time many Italians lived together which formed 'Little Italy's'. ... For the Italians who remained in...

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In fact so Italians argue that there are only 21 letters in the Italian alphabet. ... Most Italian words end with a vowel. ... The first document in Italian is called the "Vernacular Italian," or "Placito Cassinese.... The first dictionary for Italian was edited in 1612 by the Accademia Della Crusca, an Italian society for scholars and Italian linguists established in Florence. ... This being in the 16th century Italy was defined as Italian by the linguists. ...

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The Italian Renaissance was called the beginning of the modern age. ... This great new movement was originated and centered in Italy, and without Italian contribution would never have launched European society into the dawning of a new era. ... (Brown, 9) In Florence, which is considered to be the most important center of Renaissance learning in history, the Medici family dominated the ruling class. ... As its name implies, humanism was a philosophy that was characterized by blending concern with the history and actions of all human beings, and their influences on the world with religious du...

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While all cultures value the family, for Italians, the family is an all-consuming ideal ( Barzini (1964), in his book "The Italians," states that the family is the first source of power among Italians. ... Italians, tend to drink and to have low rates of alcohol problems. ... Many Italian women are extremely religious. ... This paper discussed how every client comes to treatment with a history, some personal and some going as far back as when their great-great-great grandparents immigrated to this country, as did the Italians. Clinicians need to recognize the differences of each of their cli...

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The fact that Italy was unified promoted emigration of the Italians into America as a means of easing economic pressures that Italy was experiencing. ... However, the year 1880 to the year 1920 were the most remarkable periods in the history of Italian immigration in that it was during this period when close to four million Italian immigrants came into the United States (Minetor 18). ... As such, most of the Italians did not view themselves as Italians. ... The settlement patterns adopted by the Italian immigrants were family-centred whereby Italians from with kinship ties and from the same a...

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Others discovered the joy of reading classical books and became interested in poetry, history, and philosophy. ... Similar to the Italian Renaissance, the North also focused on humanism, but they studied humanism to get a better understanding of Christianity (The Flow of History). Humanist in the North, such as Thomas said that "their knowledge and the study of the natural world could serve as a ladder to the study of the supernatural" (The Flow of History). ... The different art, sculpture, literature, and architecture, for example, were created by some of the most brilliant artists...

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Italy is the birthplace of the Mafia. ... This is natural in Italy. ... Doing nothing is what many Italians do best, and most Italians will consider that a compliment. ... This is how much of Italy operates. ... Most Italian firms are family-owned. ...

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Italy is probably the most diverse nation in the world. ... Italian Studies is the study of this diversity. ... It can entail pretty much anything within, from, or about Italy. ... I also found this advice very appealing to read, because he backed up his theories with proofs from history. ... Italy became a republic in 1946, and the king was exiled. ...

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After 1815 Italy was once again a mere geographical expression. ... The explosion of Austrian power in Italy was the main problem which discouraged an early unification of Italy. ... As Rascaoli says "Piedmont today is all of Italy." ... It was to be achieved not in Italy but in Europe. ... Thus, Italy could at last be unified in the hand of the Italians. 2. ...

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"Fascism is the complete opposite of Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production" . ... During many years, Italy was faced with false, disloyal leaders, and Mussolini came and augmented Italy and became the spokesman of a nation betrayed by its leaders, who could only make Italy dependent on Germany and Austria . "He was the leader who succeeded where his mentors had so lamentably failed" , Muss...

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The Renaissance/Early Modern Period is distinguished from other periods in European history almost entirely in intellectual or cultural terms. ... Beginning in Italy in 1400, it spread throughout Western Europe lasting until 1600. ... Humanism began and achieved fruition first in Italy. ... As its name implies, humanism was a philosophy that was characterized by blending concern with the history and actions of all human beings, and their influences on the world with religious duty. ... Their artwork was refined and masterful, and played a great role in defining the Italian Renaissance. ...

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Italians drew all their games and hardly made it to the second round. ... Germans won 3-1 and went on to the final, where they faced Italy. ... Italians have won their third title in the history. ... Unbeaten teams: Italy, Cameroon, and England. ... I am a big fan of soccer, but I did not know much about what happened in the history. ...

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Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian statesman, writer, and political theorist. He was born Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. ... His actions also affected history, as he took charge and helped maintain an alliance with foreign states. ... He was very important in history, and is still noted today as people refer to his concepts and strategies he detailed. ...

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History Assignment While the unification a Italy did effect world war one slightly, it had not nearly as much effect as Germany's unification. ... This may have been due to the very different ways in which Germany and Italy were unified. ... (www.schoolspider.com/history/worldwar1) It was agued that with all those weapons the countries grew restless to try them out. ... This group involved Germany, Austria and Italy. Italy however, declared neutrality at the outbreak, leaving Germany with only Austria. ...

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Leonardo lived in between France and Milan in Italy during his lifetime. He was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, and more. ... Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo, Italy and died on February 18, 1564, Rome, Italy. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance that influenced the development of Western art. ... His patrons included royalty and churches, and his art portrayed subjects from religion, history and mythology. ...

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That anger frequently found its outlet in an ideology that asserted not just the importance of the nation, but its unquestionable primacy and central predestined role in history. Italy was the birthplace of fascist ideology. ... Mussolini was prevailed upon by Hitler to peruse a racist programme, but it was not followed with great vigour in Italy. ... Italy established a secret police force in the form of the OVRA, Germany established the Gestapo. ... Opposition parties were banned from parliament; occurring in Italy in 1925 and in Germany in 1934. ...

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It began in 1600 and stretched throughout the century and through half of the European History. ... At this time musicians were called Camerata, which meant salon in Italian. ... The Baroque Era caused opera to rise in different places such as, Italy, France and England. ...

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The humanist education emphasized the mastery of Latin, moral philosophy, and history. ... History emerged as a strong point and was stressed heavily. ... In fifteenth century Italy, the political system was turbulent. ... When humanist education became fashionable among the Italian elite, an extremely high demand existed for schoolmasters. I believe that humanist education was in tune with the reality of fifteenth century Italy. ...

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