9. History
• 1870: End of Risorgimento
• 1871: Rome= capital
• 1876-1915: Massive wave of emigration
• 1913: Highest recorded wave of emigration
• Reason: poverty among rural population
and overpopulation
• Main destinations: America, Belgium,
Germany, France, Switzerland
11. Reasons
• Amalgamation of the 3 kingdoms
• -> strong North-South divide in terms of
economic growth
• South: Dominated by Mafia
12. Mafia
• Cosa Nostra: Sicilia
• Camorra: Neapel
• `Ndrangheta: Calabria -> most powerful
• Organized crime ->Goal: material profit
• Seek of power (racketeering+illegal drug
market)
14. How does the economic crisis
affects Italy?
• 1000 companies give up business
• 3/5 companies need to take out a loan to
pay taxes
• Insolvency rate: 5.7% -> 9.5%
• Decline of industrial production of 7%
• 818.000 workplaces destroyed
• More than 1/3 of young people unemployed
15. European Union
• Founding member
• Before crisis: Pro- European
• After crisis: Increase of mistrust
23. Famous people
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Galileo Galilei
• Michelangelo
• Christopher Columbus
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Antonio Vivaldi
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