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Book Synopsis1. Introductory Remarks.- 2. Right to Vote at Age 18. 1 July 1971. From the USA to Italy.- 3. The End of Dollar Convertibility. 15 August 1971. The Italian Proposal' for a New Bretton Woods.- 4. The Launch of the First Microprocessor. 15 November 1971. Perceptions of the Digital Revolution.- 5. The End of the Third Indo-Pakistani War. 16 December 1971. The Italian Press and the Birth of Bangladesh.- 6. The UN's First Global Conference on International Environmental Issues. 5-6 June 1972. The Emergence of Ecological Awareness in Italian Politics?.- 7. The Munich Massacre. 5-6 September 1972. Terrorism as an International Issue.- 8. Return to Wounded Knee. 27 February 1973. Italy and the Native Americans.- 9. The Military Coup in Chile. 11 September 1973. Italian Civil Society and the Economic Policies of the Pinochet Regime.- 12. The Rise of the Energy Question. 16 October 1973. Economy, Birth of an Energy Problem and Consumer Goods Shock.- 13. Schmidt Becomes Chancellor of West Germany. 6 May 1974. The Changes in German Politics as Seen from Italy: Reactions and Debates.- 14. International Conference on Minorities in Trieste. 10-14 July 1974. The Defence of Linguistic Minorities and the Embryonic Beginnings of the Liga Veneta.- 15. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. 1 August 1975. Détente in Europe as an Opportunity to Overcome Cold War Divisions.- 16. The End of European Colonialism. 11 November 1975. Italy and Southern Africa on the Cusp of the 1970s.- 17. The First G6 Summit Takes Place at Rambouillet. 15-17 November 1975. Emergence of an International Governance of Globalization?.- 18. The Concorde is Airborne. 21 January 1976. Italy and the Flight to a Smaller World.- 19. Modern Myths and Mass Culture in the 1970s. 25 May 1977. Italy Reacts to Star Wars.- 20. Pope John Paul II Is Elected. 16 October 1978. The New Global Sacred.- 21. Deng Xiaoping Launches the Four Modernizations'. 13 December 1978. The Turning Point of Chinese Communism as Seen from Italy.- 22. Towards a New Economic Supranational Interdependence. 13 March 1979. The European Monetary System (EMS) Comes into Force.- 23. The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident. 28 March 1979. The Debate about Nuclear Energy.- 24. The Rise of Thatcherism. 3 May 1979. Italian Reactions to Conservative Politics and Neo-liberalism in the UK.- 25. The First International Elections in History. 10 June 1979. Identity, Europeanization, and Political Systems.
