No family dominated Italian politics: in an age of nation-state formation that was part of Italy's problem. Visconti, Sforza, Medici and Borgia came and went in their respective territories, Habsburgs fought (and then sided with) Bourbons and the House of Savoy rose and fell. Each left their mark, each missed - or botched - its opportunity.
The Scottish and the York Groups.
Battlefield progress on both sides.
The money supply and civil-service reform
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industrial Revolution party
The Russians
democractic party
The patricians (the aristocracy) dominated politics in the Early Republic.
Durrani
Italian
dominated society and politics in the south
Redeemers
The creoles
In the 1700s, Latin American politics was dominated by the highest social class in the land. Only the rich could hold jobs in government and the church.
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
The Scottish and the York Groups.
Battlefield progress on both sides.