The Risorgimento : Italy 1815-71 / Tim Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Tim, 1964-

Series:

Humanities Insights

History insights.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--History--1815-1870.

Italy.

Italy--Politics and government--1815-1870.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] ; Penrith, California : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces the emergence of Italy from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 through the Risorgimento to unification by 1871. Initially, only a tiny elite was interested in change as secret societies and activists tried to overthrow rulers who were support

Contents:

""Copyright and licence""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents ""; ""The Author""; ""Chapter 1 Origins of the Risorgimento""; ""1.1 Context""; ""1.2 Eighteenth Century Origins""; ""1.3 Impact of Napoleon""; ""Chapter 2 Italy in 1815""; ""2.1 The Congress of Vienna""; ""2.2 Society in 1815""; ""2.3 The Economy c. 1815""; ""2.4 Obstacles to Unification""; ""Chapter 3 The Revolutions of 1820-21""; ""3.1 The Revolution in Naples, 1820""; ""3.2 Piedmont""; ""3.3 Conclusions""; ""Chapter 4 The Revolutions of 1831""; ""4.1 Parma and Modena""; ""4.2 The Papal States""

""4.3 The Carbonari and Secret Societies"; """Chapter 5 Mazzini""; ""Chapter 6 Nationalist Writers""; ""Chapter 7 The Revolutions of 1848-49""; ""7.1 Causes""; ""7.2 Piedmont and the War of 1848-49""; ""7.3 Milan and the "Five Glorious Days""; ""7.4 Venice: The Independent Republic of Saint Mark""; ""7.5 Sicily and Naples""; ""7.6 The Roman Republic of 1849""; ""7.7 Conclusions""; ""Chapter 8 Piedmont c. 1850""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Piedmont before 1848""; ""8.3 The Statuto""; ""8.4 Cavour's Rise to Power""; ""Chapter 9 Piedmont's Modernisation, 1850's""; ""9.1 Introduction""; 11.2 Venetia and Rome""; ""11.3 How unified was Italy by 1870?""; ""11.4 Conclusions""; ""Chapter 12 Historiography""; ""Bibliography""; ""Hyperlinks""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-04062-6

9786612040627

1-84760-062-X

OCLC:

923144761