Hooper, John,  1950- <br/><br/>
The Italians / 
John Hooper. 
 - xvii, 316 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The beautiful country -- A violent past -- Echoes and reverberations -- A hall of mirrors -- Fantasia -- Face values --Life as art -- Gnocchi on Thursdays -- Holy orders -- Le Italiane attitudes change -- Lovers and sons -- Family matters -- People who don't dance -- Taking sides -- Restrictive practices -- Of Mafias and Mafiosi -- Temptation and tangenti -- Pardon and justice -- Questions of identity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780525428077 0525428070 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014038474 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Italians--Ethnic identity.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Italy--Civilization--1945-<br/>Italy--Social conditions--1994-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG451  / .H66 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>945.093