Cavour and Garibaldi 1860: A Study in Political ConflictFirst published in 1954, and now re-issued with a fresh preface, Cavour and Garibaldi remains the single most important contribution yet made by an English-speaking historian to the study of the Risorgimento. Devoted to seven crucial months in 1860, the work examines in detail the sequence of events between the Sicilian rebellion in April, and the absorption of all the south into the Italian kingdom of Victor Emmanuel in November. It shows, in the contrasting priorities of the two great leaders, the creative tensions that underlay the movement for Italian unification. Against Cavour's desire to extend to the rest of the peninsula the benefits of Piedmontese liberalism, the author juxtaposes Garibaldi's dream of a united Italy, achieved if necessary by force. The diplomat and political strategist is compared with the soldier and popular hero, and in the comparison it is Garibaldi who emerges as the realist, and Cavour as the inspired but dogmatic muddler. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Political opinions in Sicily AprilJune 1860 | 7 |
Cavour and the diplomats AprilJune | 22 |
La Farina and Crispi June | 37 |
Arguments for and against annexation | 47 |
Arguments over ways and means | 57 |
Crispi loses the first round June | 71 |
Cavour loses the second round July | 85 |
Cavour breaks with Garibaldi September | 222 |
The radicals at bay September | 240 |
Mordini the new prodictator 1725 September | 261 |
Further controversy over annexation SeptemberOctober | 277 |
Mordini summons and assembly 5 October | 293 |
Pallavicino fights for a plebiscite 8 October | 307 |
Parliament supports Cavour October | 320 |
Mordini changes his mind 913 October | 340 |
Cavour adjust his policy July | 100 |
Depretis begins his prodictatorship July | 117 |
Cavour plans a revolt at Naples July | 129 |
Cavour fails at Naples August | 144 |
Political differences in Sicily August | 162 |
Cavour forces Depretis to a choice 18 September | 176 |
Depretis fails to persuade Garibaldi 814 September | 193 |
Garibaldi succeeds at Naples 115 September | 204 |
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Cavour and Garibaldi, 1860: A Study in Political Conflict Denis Mack Smith No preview available - 1985 |
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