The Union of Italy 1815–1895

This 1909 text presents a discussion of the main events and key phases in the process of Italian unification.

W. J. Stillman (Author), G. M. Trevelyan (Revised by)

9781107675865, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 2013

430 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 2.4 cm, 0.47 kg

First published in 1909, as the second edition of an 1898 original, this book forms part of the Cambridge Historical Series. The text presents a discussion of the main events and key phases in the process of Italian unification, beginning with discussion of the early uprisings and moving through to the establishment and development of the Italian Parliament. A detailed bibliography is also provided. This is a highly readable book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in historiography and approaches to nineteenth-century Italian history.

Introduction
1. Vittorio Emmanuelle I
2. The rising of 1821
3. Carlo Felice and the repression: succession of Carlo Alberto and the revival
4. The two Sicilies, 1815–47
5. Northern and central Italy, 1815–47
6. Literary forerunners of the Italian revival
7. Northern Italy, 1847–8
8. The war with Austria, 1848–9
9. Central Italy, 1847–9
10. Southern Italy, 1847–9
11. Northern Italy, 1849–58
12. The war of 1859 and its results
13. The completion of Italy, 1861–70
14. Parliamentary Italy, 1871–86
15. Disorganization
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix
Index
Maps.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]