Mazzini - Hardcover

Mack Smith, Denis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300058845 ISBN 13: 9780300058840

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Italian nationalist and radical reformer Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-72) was a leading political figure of his day and left an enduring mark on the history of Europe. His current obscurity can be traced to the reluctance of subsequent Italian governments to lionize someone who championed such causes as religious reform, social security, universal suffrage, and women's rights; and hung out with the likes of Marx, Bakunin, and John Stuart Mill. Mack Smith (Italian history, Oxford) presents the first biography in English since 1902. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book by one of the most distinguished historians of Italy is the first modern biography in English of Giuseppe Mazzini, one of the leading figures in the political and intellectual world of mid-nineteenth-century Europe. Denis Mack Smith reexamines Mazzini's ideological impact and portrays him as a vigorous proponent of patriotism, a pre-eminent figure in the struggle for Italian independence and unity, and a fascinating personality whose ideas brought him into contact with Marx, Carlyle, Mill, and Bakunin.

About the Author:

Denis Mack Smith is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Commendatore of the Italian Order of Merit. Fellow of Wolfson College, and Emeritus Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0300058845
• ISBN 13: 9780300058840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320