Three new essays, and 14 revisions of papers presented at an October 1999 conference in Bath, England look at general issues and features of Italy during the 1970s, such as feminists, writers' responses to the anni di piombo, and the difficulty of a historical perspective. Then they present case studies, among them intellectual unemployment and political radicalism 1968-1982, collective memory and childhood narratives, and the Left and the construction of immigrants. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)