Sicily and the unification of Italy liberal policy and local power, 1859-1866

In depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the isolated communities of rural sicily. Riall argues that government attempts to centralize administration, collect taxes and suppress peasant unrest in Sicily actually accentuated the violent factionalism of local communities

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riall, Lucy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1998, 1998
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:In depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the isolated communities of rural sicily. Riall argues that government attempts to centralize administration, collect taxes and suppress peasant unrest in Sicily actually accentuated the violent factionalism of local communities
Physical Description:viii, 252 p. maps
ISBN:9780191677311