2nd Edition

The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy

By Derek Beales, Eugenio F. Biagini Copyright 2003
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

This book introduces the reader to the relationship between the Italian national movement, achieved by the Risorgimento, and the Italian unification in 1860. These themes are discussed in detail and related to the broader European theatre. Covering the literary, cultural, religious and political history of the period, Beales and Biagini show Italy struggled towards nation state status on all... Read more
Preface.  Maps.  Introduction.  1. The beginning of the Risorgimento, 1748-1815.  2. From the Restoration to 1832. 3. Charles Albert, Mazzini and the Moderates, 1832-46.  4.The artistic and literary Risorgimento and the questione della lingua.  5. The national revolution of 1848-49.  6. Reconstruction and transformation in the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1849-56.  7. Cavour's foreign policy, Garibaldi's initiative and national unification, 1855-61.  8. Women and the Risorgimento.  9. Venice, the 'Roman Question' and the Brigands, 1862-70.  10. Free trade, globalization and the audit of unification, 1863-76.  Epilogue.  Documents.  Index.

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Derek Beales, Eugenio F. Biagini