Victorian Radicals and Italian Democrats
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Victorian Radicals and Italian Democrats by Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe
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 si cle 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.
[Its] transnational scopeis a most welcome addition to the growing literature on the global impact of Mazzinian thought in its time. * JOURNAL OF MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES *
A gripping story, well supported with scholarly, transnational research rooted in a galaxy of British and Italian sources. * HISTORY OF EDUCATION *
An extremely significant contribution to the expanding scholarship on the transnational dimension of the Italian Risorgimento, and to the history of political exile in the nineteenth century more generally. * EUROPEAN HISTORY QUARTERLY *
Writing and researching from a transnational perspective on the history of both British ideas about Mazzini and Mazzini's influence in Britain, Pellegrino Sutcliffe conveys to us the enormous value in engaging in the developing field of transnational history. * H-ITALY *
Has fascinating elements, and is to be welcomed for its wide ranging study of Mazzini's influence. * CHARTIST *
A gripping story, well supported with scholarly, transnational research rooted in a galaxy of British and Italian sources. * HISTORY OF EDUCATION *
An extremely significant contribution to the expanding scholarship on the transnational dimension of the Italian Risorgimento, and to the history of political exile in the nineteenth century more generally. * EUROPEAN HISTORY QUARTERLY *
Writing and researching from a transnational perspective on the history of both British ideas about Mazzini and Mazzini's influence in Britain, Pellegrino Sutcliffe conveys to us the enormous value in engaging in the developing field of transnational history. * H-ITALY *
Has fascinating elements, and is to be welcomed for its wide ranging study of Mazzini's influence. * CHARTIST *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780861933228 |
| ISBN 10 | 0861933222 |
| Title | Victorian Radicals and Italian Democrats |
| Author | Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe |
| Series | Royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Royal Historical Society |
| Year published | 2014-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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