About the book: 1970 / The second volume of the “History of Italy” covers the period from the end of the 18th century. until the end of the First World War. It highlights the most important problems of this period: the bourgeois revolution, the struggle for the formation of a single state, the establishment of capitalist relations, the transition to imperialism. Much attention is paid to the development of the labor movement and the activities of the socialist party. The reader will also gain an idea of ​​the main aspects of the country’s spiritual life during the era of the Risorgimento and after the unification of Italy..