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,...
This book provides powerful new insights into the history of Italy's long Risorgimento, by tracing the entanglements of the Mazzinian -international-....