Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: How Did Southern Italy Become "the South"? Part One: Imagining the South, c. 1750-1850 Part Two: Representing the South in the Risorgimento, c. 1825-1861 Part Three: Representing the South in Postunification Italy, c. 1870-1885 Conclusion: What the South Enables us to Say Bibliography Index

About the Author

Nelson Moe is Associate Professor of Italian at Barnard College, Columbia University.