Great Britain and the Unifying of Italy A Special Relationship? /

• Main Author: Wright, O. J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Britain and the World
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Italy-History.; International relations.; World politics.; History, Modern.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Italy.; International Relations.; Political History.; Modern History.

This book explores the interest of British leaders, diplomats and consuls in the unifying of Italy. It is the first study to provide a comprehensive narrative of British policy on Italian affairs between the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 and its consolidation as a new nation-state throug...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Place of Italy in Victorian Foreign Policy, 1851-61
• 3. Watching Italy: The Liberal Triumvirate and the Fledgling Kingdom of Italy, 1861-62
• 4. Shaping Italy: British Efforts to Restrain Italy, 1862-66
• 5. Preserving Italy: The Conservatives and the Fragility of Italian Unity, 1866-68
• 6. Consolidating Italy: Great Britain and the Culmination of the Risorgimento, 1868-70
• 7. Conclusion.