The thesis work proposed here seeks to investigate and reconstruct the link between the development of the Italian textile industry and the demand for army supplies during the Liberal Age (1861-1922), within the framework of a broader line of studies in Military History investigating the impact of the war event, as a social and cultural phenomenon, on the various social, economic and political structures. Privileged material for this research work were the Parliamentary Acts of the Chamber of Deputies. The highest institution of the democratic state, it was a place of meeting and clash between the great interests of the largest economic-industrial sector of the country, and the interests of what was, at the time, one of the most important sectors of the State next to the Administration, the Army. The research through the Acts of Parliament has however been integrated and enriched by supply contracts, State budgets, investigative reports, letters and numbers of the Journal. In the first chapter i explain the connection that existed between the preparation, the development and the various conclusions of the wars and the development of social, economic, political and cultural systems. More specifically, what did the semi-permanent state of war that Europe experienced after the year 1000, the enlistment of ever larger armies and the introduction of gunpowder, entail from a social, bureaucratic and fiscal point of view. In the second chapter, opening with an exposition on the importance of the military institution – embodied in the uniform – in the construction of the Italian State and of the citizen, i analyze the role that the demand for supplies of the Italian Army – with the drain of money that it entailed – had on the development of the Italian textile industry. In the third chapter, after a brief exposition of what the first total war in history implied, i investigate the ways in which the great textile industry, politics and the armed forces became intertwined during the Great War, crossing themes ranging from the hardships of the soldier at the front, to women's work, up to the scandals of illegal international trade; and how the developments of the connections between the textile industry and the war contributed to the end of the Liberal Era.
Il seguente lavoro di tesi cerca di indagare e ricostruire il legame che intercorse tra lo sviluppo dell’industria tessile italiana e la domanda di rifornimento dell’esercito durante l’Età liberale (1861-1922), entro la cornice di un più ampio filone di studi di Storia militare indagante l’impatto dell’evento bellico, come fenomeno socioculturale, sulle diverse strutture sociali, economiche e politiche. Materiale privilegiato per questo lavoro di ricerca sono stati gli Atti Parlamentari della Camera dei Deputati. Massima istituzione dello stato democratico, fu luogo di incontro e scontro tra i grandi interessi del maggiore settore economico-industriale del Paese, e gli interessi dei quello che era, al tempo, uno dei settori più importanti dello Stato affianco all’Amministrazione, l’Esercito. La ricerca tramite gli Atti del Parlamento è stata comunque integrata e arricchita da contratti di fornitura, lettere, bilanci, relazioni d’inchiesta e numeri della Gazzetta ufficiale. Nel primo capitolo espongo il legame che intercorse tra la preparazione, lo svolgimento e le varie conclusioni delle guerre e lo sviluppo dei sistemi sociali, economici, politici e culturali. Più nello specifico cosa comportò da un punto di vista sociale, burocratico e fiscale lo stato di guerra semi-permanente che l’Europa conobbe dopo l’Anno Mille, l’arruolamento di eserciti sempre più grandi e l’introduzione della polvere da sparo. Nel secondo capitolo, aprendo con un’esposizione sull’importanza dell’istituzione militare – incarnato nell’uniforme – nella costruzione dello Stato italiano e del suddito-cittadino, analizzo il ruolo che ebbe la domanda di rifornimenti dell’Esercito italiano – col drenaggio di denaro che comportava – sullo sviluppo dell’industria tessile italiana. Nel terzo capitolo, dopo una breve esposizione di cosa implicò la prima guerra totale della storia, indago le modalità con cui la grande industria dei tessuti, la politica e le forze armate, si sono andate intrecciando durante la Grande Guerra, incrociando tematiche spazianti dai disagi del soldato al fronte, al lavoro femminile, fino agli scandali dei commerci illegali internazionali; e di come gli sviluppi della compenetrazione tra l’industria tessile e la guerra abbiano contribuito alla fine dell’Era liberale.
L’ITALIA IN UNIFORME, La questione del vestiario militare tra guerra, economia e politica
NICOLINI, GIORGIO
2024/2025
Abstract
The thesis work proposed here seeks to investigate and reconstruct the link between the development of the Italian textile industry and the demand for army supplies during the Liberal Age (1861-1922), within the framework of a broader line of studies in Military History investigating the impact of the war event, as a social and cultural phenomenon, on the various social, economic and political structures. Privileged material for this research work were the Parliamentary Acts of the Chamber of Deputies. The highest institution of the democratic state, it was a place of meeting and clash between the great interests of the largest economic-industrial sector of the country, and the interests of what was, at the time, one of the most important sectors of the State next to the Administration, the Army. The research through the Acts of Parliament has however been integrated and enriched by supply contracts, State budgets, investigative reports, letters and numbers of the Journal. In the first chapter i explain the connection that existed between the preparation, the development and the various conclusions of the wars and the development of social, economic, political and cultural systems. More specifically, what did the semi-permanent state of war that Europe experienced after the year 1000, the enlistment of ever larger armies and the introduction of gunpowder, entail from a social, bureaucratic and fiscal point of view. In the second chapter, opening with an exposition on the importance of the military institution – embodied in the uniform – in the construction of the Italian State and of the citizen, i analyze the role that the demand for supplies of the Italian Army – with the drain of money that it entailed – had on the development of the Italian textile industry. In the third chapter, after a brief exposition of what the first total war in history implied, i investigate the ways in which the great textile industry, politics and the armed forces became intertwined during the Great War, crossing themes ranging from the hardships of the soldier at the front, to women's work, up to the scandals of illegal international trade; and how the developments of the connections between the textile industry and the war contributed to the end of the Liberal Era.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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