The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy

by Eugenio F. Biagini and Derek Beales

Book Overview

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 fronts.

The new edition has been thoroughly rewritten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582369584
• ISBN13: 9780582369580
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Easy to understand.

I used this book the most for my research paper on the unification of Italy. It was the easiest to understand. For all those college students this is the best book to own.