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and a Fulbriglit visiting Professor. He wus Iccturer in philosophy at Yale, and aince 1939, has bcen a rncmbcr of the Philosopby Department of Columbia University. Pro­fessor Kristeller is a Fcllow of the Medieval Academy of America, American Acudemy of Arts and Sciences, Accademia dei Sepolti (Italy), Arcadia (Rome). He is a meinber of the American Philosophical Association, American Society of Church History, American Association Tcachera of Italian, Renaissance Society of Amedea. In 1962 he reccived an honorary degree in philosophy from the University of Pad uà. In 1948 he was the recipicut of the Serena Medal fbr I tal iati Studies awarded by the Bri tisb Academy. Among bis numerous publications are: The Philosophy of Marsilio Fieino (1943), The Classics and Renaissance Thought (1955), Studies in Renaissance Thought and Lettera (1956), Latin Manuscript Books Defore 1600 (I960), Medieval and Renaissance Translations and Coni' mentaries (I960), Renaissance Thought (1961), La Tradizione aristotelica nel Rinascimento (1962), Iter Iialicum: A Finding List of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other librar ics, voi. I (1963), Eight Philo-sophers of the Italioti Renaissance (1964).
Professor Pratt won the Prize Contcst for bis cssay on Rome As Eternai. After achieving bis doctorai in history in 1954 at the University of California (Los Angeles), Professor Pratt tanght at the Immaculate Heart College at Whittier College, and since 1957 at Los Angeles State College. Professor Pratt has contributed articlcs on histo-rical subjects in American scbolarly publications, including The Classical Journal, The Social Service Revieto, and The American Psychologist. He has becn the recipicut of sevcral awards, including one in 1954 for the best unpublisbcd manuscript by the Pacific Coast Brancb of the American Historical Association; a Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome for post-classical humanitic studies; and sevcral grants from the Italian goverament. Professor Pratt's major interests are intellectual history of Rome and mediacval 'western Europe.
The Society exprcsses ite deep appreciation to the America-Italy Society for hav-ing made available the money that has madc this year's award possiblc.
The Society for Italian Historical Studies is an ambiate of the American Historical Association and of the Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano (Rome, Italy). The Prize and Citation Committce was composed of: Robert Lopez (Yale University), Cbairman, Felix Gilbert (Institute for Advanced Study), Kent Roberta Grecnficld (Baltimore, Md.), Raymond Grew (University of Michigan), William Halperin (Univer­sity of Chicago), and Howard R. Marraro (Columbia University).
Report on the forni sessxon of the American Historical Association urìtk the Society for Italian Historical Studies. The Roots of Italian Fascism. I. Richard A. Webster (Uni­versity of California, Berkeley): The Economie Grounds of Italian Expansion in the Ticent-ieth Ceniury. The ebanges wrought by the Fascist Regime in the area of Italian poh-tical life may properly be described as rcvolutionary; lume ver, the politicai cconomy of Italian Fascism was much lcss d rastic. In fact, it is the autbor's contcntion that MuBsoli'ni's regime continucd the work of liberal Italy in the lattar sphere. The poli-cies of industriai autarky and imperialism prcsuniably originai contributions of Fa­scism were the guidelincs for Italian state policy in the Giolittian era. E veri the program of state hhancial participation in such industrics as stcel and shipping was a contribution of the liberal state. Italian expansionism, argucs Webster, was also of pxc-FaacÌBm origin; indecd, it was a derivai ion of the system of industriai autarky. Ita­lian imperialism in the Giolittiam era was far more importarli, in the Balkans and Ana­tolia tban in Libya, though mota attention hai been given to the bitter. Ruilrond con-cessiona and sourcea of raw materials were the principe 1 aims of ibis expansion. Webster conclude that the modus operandi [of Giolittian imperialism] was smoother and lcss whimsical, the International diplomatic nicitieu were carefully heodcd, bui the real objec-tives of liberal Italy** forcign policy, and the politico-economie conceptions onderlying it, did not differ in essence from those of the Fascist regime . The real break in the con-tinuity of Italy's state traditions, says the author, carne, not in 1922, but in 1938, when
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