Table of Contents

1: The conflict of interpretations and the sources; 2: The states and regions before unification: political developments, the economy and conditions of life; 1: Lombardy and Venetia; 2: Sardinia-Piedmont; 3: The Central Duchies – Tuscany, Parma and Modena; 4: The Papal States; 5: The Two Sicilies; 3: The creation of the nation-state; 6: The Origins of the Risorgimento: Italy in the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon (1790–1815); 7: Revolutionary creeds in an age of political stagnation (1815–40); 8: Rival movements of nationalism and the delusions of 1848 (1840–52); 9: Cavour and the achievement of unity (1852–61); 10: The integration and centralization of institutions (1861–70); 4: The culture of nineteenth-century Italy; 11: Literature and the opera; 12: The arts and urban development; 13: Religion and the Church; 14: Beyond nationalism: the end of the Risorgimento

About the Author

Harry Hearder

Reviews

'This book offers a lively and sympathetic portrait of Italy in the era of unification and will certainly become a standard text for university and sixth form courses.' British Book News 'His strength is in his ability to place the Italian question in the European context, in his attractive biographical pen portraits, and in the occasional telling phrase.' Times Higher Education Supplement