Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Jun 2018)
Dalla scuola all’esercito. La ginnastica educativa e la «coscrizione scolastico-militare» nell’Italia di fine Ottocento
Abstract
The essay analyzes the deep meaning of some processes that involve two of the main national institutions: the army and the school in the period between the 70s and the 80s of the 19th century. From the parallel analysis of the reforms that in the same period affect both structures (army reorganization and mass leverage, the obligation of educational gymnastics), and involve hundreds of thousands of young people who pass through those institutions, it emerges a common purpose, the construction of a national identity founded not only upon patriotic, but also military principles.
