This book examines the social and cultural consequences of a war normally looked at for its role in the story of Italian unification - the convergence of French, Austrian, and Piedmont-Sardinian armies in northern Italy in 1859, referred to in Italy as the 'Second War for Independence.' JONATHAN MARWIL is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan, USA. INDICE: Preparations for the Show - Preliminaries - Serious War - Picturing the Horrors - 'The Second Greatest Battle of Modern Times' - Blasted Dreams, Hopeful Lessons - Setting the War in Memory - Honoring the Dead - Epilogue -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10813-4
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido