| Victorian Radicals and Italian Democrats Contributor(s): Sutcliffe, Marcella Pellegrino (Author) |
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ISBN: 0861933222 ISBN-13: 9780861933228 Publisher: Royal Historical Society OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 19th Century - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 945.083 |
| LCCN: 2014453231 |
| Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.3" W x 6.2" (1.30 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: This book provides powerful new insights into the history of Italy's long Risorgimento, by tracing the entanglements of the Mazzinian "international". This informal group of men and women crossed the boundary of the Channel and the boundary of class to speak a common language and share a radical ideal: Giuseppe Mazzini's vision of a unified, republican Italy. Published in the radical press, the exile's writings on democracy, education, association and citizenship inspired both Oxford social reformers and self-improving artisans gathering in provincial reading rooms, co-operative societies, republican clubs and educational institutes: for them republican Italy became a transnationaldream. Indeed, when Italy was unified under a constitutional monarch in 1861, British Mazzinians were bitterly disappointed. Setting off for Italy on their first "co-operative tour" in 1888, East London workers embarked on an educational pilgrimage, dotted with Mazzinian landmarks. Despite the fin de siècle crisis, Victorian radicals' enduring faith in Italy's democratic future remained steadfast. Indeed, when Fascists subsequently appropriated Mazzini's national dream, post-Victorian Mazzinians would unequivocally voice their support for Italian anti-Fascists, who championed the principles of global democracy. Drawing on a wide range of material, the author adds a crucialnew dimension to the history of Victorian radicalism in Britain, and to the "new history of the Risorgimento". Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe is a Research Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. |