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The unification of Italy / John Gooch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gooch, John.
- Series:
- Lancaster pamphlets.
- Lancaster pamphlets
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italy--History--1849-1870.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Gooch's book is a concise introduction to the unification of the Italian states and the legacy of this union. Starting in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the book goes on to explain how, despite the causes of disunity, these Italian states shared racial, linguistic, and cultural factors, which led to their eventual political unity.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Time chart; Map; Introduction; Strands of revolution, 1815 48; Buonarroti and the Carbonari; Mazzini and Young Italy; Economic nationalism; Cultural nationalism; The first war of the Risorgimento, 1848 49; Cattaneo and Milan; Charles Albert's war; Manin and the Venetian Republic; The Roman Republic; Naples and Sicily; What kind of Italy? Mazzini and Cavour, 1849 59; Mazzini and Pisacane: The failure of insurrection; Cavour and the foundation of Piedmont's predominance; The triumph of Piedmont, 1859 70; Garibaldi and Sicily
- The problems of a parliamentary monarchyThe war of 1866; Roman finale; The Risorgimento in history; Suggested reading
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-94769-0
- 1-4039-0066-3
- 1-282-77794-7
- 1-134-94770-4
- 9786612777943
- 0-203-18233-2
- 9780203182338
- OCLC:
- 437080392
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