198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title focuses on the "Risorgimento", the movement that led to the unification of Italy as a single kingdom. The Italian Wars of Independence were a sequence of three separate conflicts, taking place in 1848-49, 1859 and 1866. This volume examines the role of the major powers outside Italy in these conflicts, particularly France, Austria, Great Britain and Prussia, and in Italy the Italian... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 From Geographical Expression to Political Consciousness; Chapter 3 The Origins of the First War of Italian Independence; Chapter 4 The Revolutionary Upheaval and War of 1848–49; Chapter 5 The Italian Question during the Second Restoration; Chapter 6 The Origins of the Second War of Italian Independence; Chapter 7 Cavour, Garibaldi and Napoleon III in the Wars for the Formation of Italy; Chapter 8 Origins and Consequences of the Third War of Italian Independence; Chapter 9 Italy, the Powers and the ‘Fourth War of Italian Liberation’; Chapter 10 Conclusion;
Biography
Frank J. Coppa
