The Italian Risorgimento
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The Unification of Italy in the nineteenth century was the unlikely result of a lengthy and complex process of Italian revival (Risorgimento). Few Italians supported Unification and the new rulers of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0582003539
ISBN13:9780582003538
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Longman Publishing Group
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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nice introduction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book is for first time reader of Italian Risorgimento, a period of time between 1840s to the 1860s when Italy unified itself into a singular nation. The book traced this from the Napoleonic Period where the seeds was initially planted to the final event when the French withdrew from Rome in 1870, allowing the Italians to regained their foremost city and making it their official capital once more. The book proves to be well written and researched. The author present his material with clarity without cluttering it up with too much details. It was interesting to note that this national unification wasn't exactly a national event in Italy. It was basically the works of the Kingdom of Piedmont and a small numbered of well educated urban minority. Its appears that the rest of the Italian peninsula was dragged into it by sheer force of will. The book comes with some documents that gives a nice contemporary feel to it. I thought more maps and maybe some illustrations would have been nice. But overall, the book proves to be an excellent introduction to this subject and should provided a solid foundation for further studies on the field if desire.
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