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Author Riall, Lucy, 1962-

Title Sicily and the unification of Italy : liberal policy and local power, 1859-1866 / Lucy Riall
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : maps
Series OUP E-Books
Contents 1. Restoration Sicily: Poverty, Protest, and Power, 1815-1849 -- 2. From Risorgimento to Revolution, 1849-1860 -- 3. Garibaldi's Dictatorship: The Reality of Government, May-November 1860 -- 4. From Moderate Liberalism to Destra Storica: The Impact of Unification -- 5. Liberal Policy and the Control of Public Order, 1860-1862 -- 6. The Breakdown of Authority, 1862-1863 -- 7. Criminals, Republicans, and Reactionaries, 1864-1865 -- 8. Revolt Against the Government, 1866
Summary In depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the isolated communities of rural sicily. Riall argues that government attempts to centralize administration, collect taxes and suppress peasant unrest in Sicily actually accentuated the violent factionalism of local communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
Notes English
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Subject Liberalism -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
Decentralization in government -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
Decentralization in government.
Liberalism.
Politics and government
Italy.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
SUBJECT Sicily (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1815-1870. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004923
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1849-1870. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069007
Subject Italy.
Italy -- Sicily.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97018125
ISBN 9786610800032
6610800030
9780198206804
0198206801
019154261X
9780191542619
1280800038
9781280800030
9780191677311
0191677310