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Il Risorgimento e l'unificazione dell'Italia
Il Risorgimento italiano come processo che inizia alla metà del Settecento con l'Illuminismo e termina con la fine del governo della Destra nel 1876. Nel libro sono esaminate le origini politiche, sociali ed economiche dell'aspirazione all'unità, con una attenzione particolare al Risorgimento artistico e letterario, alla questione della lingua, al ruolo delle donne; è poi discussa l'unificazione del 1860, in quanto frutto in varia misura del Risorgimento, della guerra e del lavorio diplomatico. Il percorso si compie nel primo quindicennio del Regno d'Italia, siglato simbolicamente dal pareggio di bilancio.
€ 21,50 -
History Society Church
Essays by distinguished historians in honour of the just-retired Regius Professor of Modern History.
€ 47,50 -
Enlightenment and Reform in Eighteenth-century Europe
The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. Britain conquered India and much of America, the American Revolution produced the USA, and Russia expanded vastly. In the field of ideas the Scientific Revolution was consolidated and followed by the Enlightenment. Nationalism flourished, populations surged, and the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions with Western technology eclipsed the East. Few centuries have inspired such a galaxy of historians, and their groundbreaking work has been drawn upon by Derek Beales in his collection of articles and special lectures. He covers the whole European kaleidoscope, but focuses especially on Joseph II and the Hapburg monarchy, asserting that Enlightened Despotism was the emodiment of the century's revolution in ideas, politics, government and administration.
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From Castlereagh to Gladstone
With the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Britain was again pre-eminent among the great powers, and was to remain so for the next seventy years. Her colonial empire was far more extensive than that of any other country; London was the financial capital of the world; she had the largest navy and mercantile marine, the chief share of the world's trade, the highest manufacturing production, and the most progressive agriculture. From Castlereagh to Gladstone is a fresh and stimulating appraisal of this brilliant period in Britain's history. The age was characterized by an unprecedented rate of change and by extraordinary achievements both at home and abroad. Major legislative and institutional changes such as the three Reform Bills, the establishment of trade unions, and the Education Act of 1870 were enacted. Industrialization and urbanization advanced rapidly. It was a period of remarkable statesmen: Melbourne, Canning, Peel, Lord John Russell, Palmerston, and Benjamin Disraeli. In each of the four sections of the book, Professor Beales presents a succinct narrative of events followed by discussion of particular topics, so that each aspect of the period is set within a clear narrative framework. He traces the main cultural trends and gives comprehensive coverage to all major economic, social, and political developments, providing a balanced survey of events in nineteenth-century Britain and the forces, people, and ideas that shaped them.
€ 20,40