Assassins against the old order : Italian anarchist violence in fin de siècle Europe /

Assassins against the Old Order delves into the history of Italian anarchist violence and sets out to understand the causes and general conditions that led to it. Despite a proliferation of new studies on anarchism, anarchist violence and its main school of thought, "propaganda of the deed,&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pernicone, Nunzio, 1940-2013 (Author), Ottanelli, Fraser M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Risorgimento and the origins of anarchist violence
  • Malfattori : government repression and anarchist violence
  • Bombings, insurrections, and cosmopolitanism : Paolo Lega and Sante Caserio
  • Crispi and the "exceptional laws"
  • Anarchist assassins : Acciarito, Angiolillo, and Lucheni
  • Fatti di Maggio and Gaetano Bresci
  • U.S. investigation and death of the giustiziere
  • Conclusion : terrorists or giustizieri?