ITAL 1P96 Chapter 8: Chapter 8,9,11,12.docx
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Overview: risorgimento mythology, unredeemed territory, unification movement (rebirth revival of what once was resurrection, monuments , names of street squares. Italian civil was ww2: mussolini is arrested. 2 year civil war: anti-nazi movement vs anti-fascist movement. Re read documents and archives for a more specific: was it a populist uprising or realpolitik. Doubters say no not many people have this sense. A generation of giants: giosue carducci italian poet, created some mythology for the 1860s, monument of cavor with mother italy wearing a toga to try and connect with ancient. Wrote books: cavour, mazzini, modern italy. Chapter 9: piedmont comes to naples, 1860, culture clash. Customs: language, cuisine: polenta and mortedella vs maccheroni, ignorance, prejudice, contempt of northern. Northern italy does not like south and vice versa. Piedmontese lack the knowledge of neapolitan history: southerners risorgimento oppression. Why are the piedmontese ruling us they are foreigners: resentful of imposed piedmontese legal system.