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The Controversial Concept of Emancipation in the Nation-Building Process: The American Civil War and Italian Unification
Bon, Cristina
2015
Abstract
Thanks to a number of distinguished scholars who have focused on European and American national movements, both individually and within a comparative perspective, the emancipation concept can be analyzed within a broader Atlantic discourse, from freedom from bondage to national independence – this last is linked to issues like the center-periphery conflict and the parallel development of democratic institutions. Based on the analysis and comparison of studies to date, this article discusses the emancipation issue with a particular focus on two case-studies: the movement for the Southern union, which led to the American Civil War and the formation of the Confederate States of America in 1861, and the contemporary building process of Italy as a nation.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Cristina Bon "The Controversial Concept of Emancipation in the Nation-Building Process: The American Civil War and Italian Unification" in: Leonardo Buonomo and Elisabetta Vezzosi (edited by) "Discourses of Emancipation and the Boundaries of Freedom. Selected Papers from the 22nd AISNA Biennial International Conference", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015, pp.205-217
Languages
en
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