Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Timeline of Historical Events -- 1 An Introduction to Modern Italy -- 2 Italy in the Ancient and Classical Ages -- 3 Italy in the Middle Ages, 400-1300 -- 4 Renaissance Italy, 1300-1500 -- 5 Early Modern Italy, 1500-1789 -- 6 The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Restoration of Austrian Power in Italy, 1789- 1848 -- 7 Unification of Italy: The Risorgimento and the "Making of Italians," 1848- 1900 -- 8 The Era of Giolitti and World War I, 1900- 1918 -- 9 The Fascist Era and World War II, 1919- 1945 -- 10 Postwar Italian Political and Economic Life -- 11 Postwar Italian Society and Culture -- Notable People in the History of Italy -- Glossary of Selected Terms -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.