Sicily and the unification of Italy
liberal policy and local power, 1859-1866
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Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL672099M
- ISBN-100198206801
- OCLC Control Number504242186
- OCLC Control Numbersicilyunificatio0000rial
- Library of Congress Control Number97018125
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- Goodreads916125
- LibraryThing9117195
Classifications
- DDC945/.808
- LCCDG868.44 .R53 1998
Description
"This is the first in-depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the hitherto isolated communities of rural Sicily. Traditional explanations of Sicily's instability depict a society trapped by a feudal past. Lucy Riall finds instead that many areas of the island were experiencing a period of rapid modernization, as local government increased their organizational efforts. Beginning with the period prior to the revolution of 1860, Dr. Riall shows why successive attempts at political reform failed, and analyses the effects of this failure. She describes the bitter and violent conflict between rival elites and the mounting tide of peasant unrest which together threatened the status quo within the isolated communities of the Sicilian interior."--BOOK JACKET.
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