Garibaldi : Invention of a Hero

by Lucy Riall

• ISBN13: 9780300144239
• ISBN10: 0300144237
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-10-20
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Handsome and flamboyant, Italian revolutionary hero Giuseppe Garibaldi was a popular figure in life and became a cult figure after his death in 1882. This fascinating book is the first to examine how Garibaldi and others contributed to the making of his cult and to assess how the Garibaldi myth has affected national politics not only in Italy but around the world. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Lucy Riall is professor of modern European history at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her publications include The Italian Risorgimento: State, Society and National Unification and Sicily and the Unification of Italy: Liberal Policy and Local Power (1859-66).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Nation and Risorgimento	p. 19
In Search of Garibaldi	p. 33
Revolution	p. 59
Exile	p. 98
The Garibaldi Formula	p. 128
Independence	p. 164
Fashioning Garibaldi	p. 185
The Thousand	p. 207
Making Italian Heroes	p. 226
The Garibaldi Moment	p. 272
Unification	p. 306
Culture Wars	p. 347
Conclusion: The Myth of Garibaldi	p. 388
Notes	p. 393
Select Bibliography	p. 456
Index	p. 470
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