Civil War and Agrarian Unrest - The Confederate South and Southern Italy

The first book that compares the Confederate South and Southern Italy in two contemporaneous civil wars during 1861-1865.

List of contents

Introduction: civil war, nation-building, and agrarian unrest in the Confederate South and Southern Italy: a comparative perspective; Part I. Inner Civil Wars and National Crises, 1860-1863: 1. Preemptive counterrevolutions: the rebellions of the elites; 2. The difficult birth of two nations; 3. Inner civil wars in East Tennessee and Northern Terra di Lavoro I, 1860-1861; 4. Inner civil wars in East Tennessee and Northern Terra di Lavoro II, 1861-1863; Part II. Civil Wars and Social Revolutions, 1862-1865: 5. Revolutions: the revolts of the lower strata; 6. Civil wars and agrarian questions; 7. Social revolutions in the lower Mississippi Valley and upper Basilicata I, 1862-1863; 8. Social revolutions in the lower Mississippi Valley and upper Basilicata II, 1863-1865.

About the author

Enrico Dal Lago is Professor of History at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He holds a Ph.D. in History from University College London. He is the author of several books, including Agrarian Elites: American Slaveholders and Southern Italian Landowners, 1815–1861 (2005), and William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform (2013).

Summary

This is the first book that compares the Confederate South and Southern Italy during 1861–65. Through this comparison, it sheds light on the collapse of the Confederacy as opposed to the survival of the Italian Kingdom by focusing on the activities carried out by anti-Confederate and anti-Italian Southerners.

Product details

• Authors: Enrico Dal Lago, Enrico (National University of Ireland Dal Lago, Enrico (National University of Ireland C Dal Lago, Enrico (National University of Ireland Cork Ireland) Dal Lago, Enrico Dal Lago
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107038424
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03842-4
• No. of pages: 476
• Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South; Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / United States / General, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Central Southern States, US South, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War