Italy on the 150th anniversary of national unity INTRODUCTION

The five papers that follow were originally presented at the American Historical Association 127th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 2013 in a panel Italy on the 150th Centenary of National Unification: Issues of Unity and Identity', sponsored by the Society for Italian Historical Studies and hosted by the American Historical Association. Following the introduction and comments by Roland Sarti, the papers explore the celebrations of the anniversary (Giuliana Limiti and Mario Di Napoli), the South and its place in the anniversary (John Davis), Church and State (Frank J Coppa) and the international contexts of the celebrations (Giuseppe Monsagrati).