Debating Divorce in Italy

The popular referendum of 1974 which affirmed Italy's recently-won divorce law is widely regarded as a turning point in modern Italian history, but the long story behind that struggle has remained largely unfamiliar. Using the debates over divorce as a lens, this book is a study of the quest to modernize Italy, Italians, and Italian marriage.

• Author: M. Seymour
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Published: 2007-02-09
• Pages: 300