This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy.

A provocative and readable examination of the Risorgimento and the Italian unification, incorporating the latest research.

Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years between 1815 and 1860, when a series of crises destabilised the states of Restoration Italy and led to the creation of a troubled nation state in 1860 ...

Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political relationships, same-sex desires, gender ...

This is the first in-depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the hitherto isolated communities of rural Sicily.

Explores the riot in the Sicilian town of Bronte, on the slopes of Mount Etna and under the domination of British landowners and links this event to larger themes of poverty, injustice, mismanagement, and Britain's policy towards Italy in ...

Youve seen the film, now read the ReaderSpecial features include:Extra grammar and vocabulary exercisesNotes about the storyNotes about the life of Helen FieldingGlossaryPoints for Understanding comprehension questionsFree resources ...

This Handbook aims to challenge 'gender blindness' in the historical study of high politics, power, authority and government, by bringing together a group of scholars at the forefront of current historical research into the relationship ...

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