Tipo di pubblicazione :
Libro
Autore/curatore:
Diana and Tony Webb
 
Standard: Webb, Diana [Diana Webb] Webb, Tony [Tony Webb]
Titolo:
The Anglo-Florentines : the British in Tuscany, 1814-1860

Standard:

Data di pubblicazione:
2020
Luogo di pubblicazione:
London [etc.]

Standard: London [Londres]

Editore/tipografo:
Bloomsbury Academic

Standard: Bloomsbury Academic

ISBN/ISSN:
9781350122796 HB; 9781350133617 PB; 9781350136007 ePDF; 9781350136021 eBook
Pagine:
539 p.
Numero di illustrazioni:
[8] carte di tavole : ill.
Formato :
24 cm.
Soggetti:
Protestantesimo - Toscana - 1800-1900
Toscana - Immigrazione [dalla] Gran Bretagna - 1814-1860
Toscana - Risorgimento - Storia - 1814-1860

Indice:

Introduction: Background and Souces p.1 1.Nationality, Identity and Domicile p.17 2.The Burghersh Years, 1814-1830 p.39 3.Untroubled Growth, 1830-1839 p.71 4.Public Calm and Private Troubles, 1839-1846 p.95 5.John Bull at Play p.125 6.John Bull at Prayer p.151 7.A Widow in Exile: Elizabeth Maquay p.187 8.The Long Revolution, 1846-1849 p.201 9.The Austrian Occupation to 1853 p.235 10.Protestants in Stormy Waters p.289 11.Indian Summer, 1854-1858 p.333 12.Doctors and Patients: The Quest for Healt p.381 13.Men of Straw and Men of Iron: Hats, Mines and Railways p.411 14.The Service Sector p.447 15. Departures and Survivors, 1858-1860 : The end of the Grand Duchy p.491 Epilogue p.521

Riassunto/commento:

"his book gives a fuller picture than has hitherto been attempted of the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification."