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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John A. DavisPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.587kg ISBN: 9780199552306ISBN 10: 0199552304 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 18 December 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Naples, Napoleon and the Origins of the Two Italies; PART ONE: ABSOLUTIST NAPLES; 1. The Ancien Regime in the South; 2. Projecting Reform; 3. Undermining the Old Order; 4. 1799: The Rise and Fall of the Republic; 5. Jacobins and Patriots; 6. The Counter-Revolution; PART TWO: NAPOLEONIC NAPLES; 7. Naples in the Imperial Enterprise; 8. The Costs of Empire; 9. The Promise of Change; 10. A Kingdom Remodelled? The Provinces and the Capital; 11. Disorder; 12. Legacies of Empire; PART THREE: RESTORATION & REVOLUTION; 13. Losing Naples; 14. Restoration; 15. Revolution; Conclusion: States of InsecurityReviewsThis is a radical book; it turns the question of political change in Italy in the century before Unification upside down and redefines the south/north dichotomy. ... This is the most important and most comprehensive study of southern Italy in that period and it is destined to change the terms of discourse on Italy's Risorgimento. Marta Petrusewicz, Journal of Modern Italian Studies John Davis's remarkable study of the largest of the Italian states goes a long way to demonstrating the suggestive and revisionist thesis that in broad outline the kingdom of Naples was in most respects similar to the other imperial satellites...Naples, in this fascinating reading eventually parted company with its fratelli to the north...only late in the nineteenth century. Steven Englund, The Historical Journal Davis offers a sharp, nuanced synthesis of a complex period,and a persuasive analysis of the Italian South in the age of revolution...a splendid achievement: thorough, solid, innovative, convincing, and appealingly written. Tommaso Astarita, Catholic Historical Review [Davis] has set a benchmark for research on Naples, Napoleon, the Age of Revolutions, and the Southern Question for future generations of scholars to meet. The American Historical Review Well researched and carefully written. European History Quarterly This is a radical book; it turns the question of political change in Italy in the century before Unification upside down and redefines the south/north dichotomy. ... This is the most important and most comprehensive study of southern Italy in that period and it is destined to change the terms of discourse on Italy's Risorgimento. Marta Petrusewicz, Journal of Modern Italian Studies John Davis's remarkable study of the largest of the Italian states goes a long way to demonstrating the suggestive and revisionist thesis that in broad outline the kingdom of Naples was in most respects similar to the other imperial satellites...Naples, in this fascinating reading eventually parted company with its fratelli to the north...only late in the nineteenth century. Steven Englund, The Historical Journal Davis offers a sharp, nuanced synthesis of a complex period,and a persuasive analysis of the Italian South in the age of revolution...a splendid achievement: thorough, solid, innovative, convincing, and appealingly written. Tommaso Astarita, Catholic Historical Review [Davis] has set a benchmark for research on Naples, Napoleon, the Age of Revolutions, and the Southern Question for future generations of scholars to meet. The American Historical Review Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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