{"product_id":"america-in-italy-axel-krner-9780691164854","title":"America in Italy: The United States in the Political Thought and Imagination of the Risorgimento, 1763-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica in Italy \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the influence of the American political experience on the imagination of Italian political thinkers between the late eighteenth century and the unification of Italy in the 1860s. Axel Kner shows how Italian political thought was shaped by debates about the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution, but he focuses on the important distinction that while European interest in developments across the Atlantic was keen, this attention was not blind admiration. Rather, America became a sounding board for the critical assessment of societal changes at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany Italians did not think the United States had lessons to teach them and often concluded that life across the Atlantic was not just different but in many respects also objectionable. In America, utopia and dystopia seemed to live side by side, and Italian references to the United States were frequently in support of progressive or reactionary causes. Political thinkers including Cesare Balbo, Carlo Cattaneo, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Antonio Rosmini used the United States to shed light on the course of their nation's political resurgence. Concepts from Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Vico served to evaluate what Italians discovered about America. Ideas about American \"domestic manners\" were reflected and conveyed through works of ballet, literature, opera, and satire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranscending boundaries between intellectual and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eAmerica in Italy \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book-length examination of the influence of America's political formation on modern Italian political thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Axel Kner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691164851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691164854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017","brand":"Axel Kner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809626091775,"sku":"9780691164854","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67780b57-bce7-48ba-bb80-f9d1fc9200fb.jpg?v=1707927020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/america-in-italy-axel-krner-9780691164854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}