Italy's Social Revolution
Subtitle: Charity and Welfare from Liberalism to Fascism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780333632611
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; Fascism & Nazism; Social history; Social welfare & social services; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Italy; Government - Comparative; Political History; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; History / Italy; Europe - General; Europe - Italy; Abandoned children; Government policy; Social policy
First sentence: 'Every well-regulated society abhors idlers and laggards,' Lodovico Antonio Muratori wrote in his Treatise on Charity, a work published in 1723 whose aim was to counsel the faithful into giving more generously to the poor and needy.