William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini, two of the foremost
radicals of the nineteenth century, lived during a time of profound
economic, social, and political transformation in America and
Europe. Both born in 1805, but into dissimilar family backgrounds,
the American Garrison and Italian Mazzini led entirely different
lives -- one as a citizen of a democratic republic, the other as an
exile proscribed by most European monarchies. Using a comparative
analysis, Enrico Dal Lago suggests that Garrison and Mazzini
nonetheless represent a connection between the egalitarian
ideologies of American abolitionism and Italian democratic
nationalism.
Focusing on Garrison's and Mazzini's activities and
transnational links within their own milieus and in the wider
international arena, Dal Lago shows why two nineteenth-century
progressives and revolutionaries considered liberation from
enslavement and liberation from national oppression as two sides of
the same coin. At different points in their lives, both Garrison
and Mazzini demonstrated this belief by concurrently supporting the
abolition of slavery in the United States and the national
revolutions in Italy. The two meetings Garrison and Mazzini had, in
1846 and in 1867, served to reinforce their sense that they somehow
worked together toward the achievement of liberty not just in the
United States and Italy, but also in the Atlantic and Euro-American
world as a whole. In the end, the abolition of American slavery led
to Garrison's consecration, while the new Italian kingdom forced
Mazzini into exile. Despite these different outcomes, Garrison and
Mazzini both attracted legions of devoted followers who believed
these men personified the radical causes of the nations to which
they belonged.
General
Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
Enrico Dal Lago
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-5206-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8071-5206-4 |
Barcode: |
9780807152065 |
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