{"product_id":"under-the-volcano-revolution-in-a-sicilian-town-9780199646494","title":"Under the Volcano: Revolution in a Sicilian Town","description":"During the momentous events that shook Italy in 1860 as the nation was unified, there was a murderous riot in the Sicilian town of Bronte on the slopes of Mount Etna. Thereafter, Bronte became a symbol - of the limits of the liberal Risorgimento and of the persistence of foreign domination: \u003cbr\u003edescendants of Admiral Horatio Nelson had the largest landholding in the town and the British were said to have put pressure on Garibaldi to crush the uprising, which his lieutenant did with brutality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy Riall has used the discovery of a new archive to transform brilliantly this episode into an ambitious exploration of much larger themes. Relaying an often brutal tale of poverty, injustice, and mismanagement, her powerful and engaging narrative also opens windows onto the true meaning of the\u003cbr\u003eBritish presence. Bronte's story becomes one that is also about Britain's policy towards Italy and Europe in the nineteenth century, and about colonial rule overseas in the age of Empire. It shows what happened when these two different aspects of British power bumped into each other in one Sicilian\u003cbr\u003etown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy Riall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199646494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Riall\u003c\/strong\u003e has held visiting appointments at the Ecole Normale Superieure Paris, the Free University Berlin and the University of Freiburg. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eRisorgimento: The History of Italy from Napoleon to Nation-State\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGaribaldi: Invention of a Hero\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSicily and the Unification of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eItaly, 1859-66: Liberal Policy and Local Power\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40322455928947,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":72.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_49e704ac-4759-467c-96fa-314c5cb1b38c.jpg?v=1659446067","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/under-the-volcano-revolution-in-a-sicilian-town-9780199646494","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}