{"product_id":"garibaldi-invention-of-a-hero-9780300144239","title":"Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first sustained analysis of the cult of the legendary Italian hero  Giuseppe Garibaldi  the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero  was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult  to assess its impact  and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860  when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy  the overthrow of papal power in central Italy  and the creation of the Italian nation state. It made him a global icon  representing strength  bravery  manliness  saintliness  and a spirit of adventure. Handsome  flamboyant  and sexually attractive  he was worshiped in life and became a cult figure after his death in 1882. Lucy Riall shows that the emerging cult of Garibaldi was initially conceived by revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the status quo  that it was also the result of a collaborative effort involving writers  artists  actors  and publishers  and that it became genuinely and enduringly popular among a broad public. The book demonstrates that Garibaldi played an integral part in fashioning and promoting himself as a new kind of charismatic political hero. It analyzes the way the Garibaldi myth has been harnessed both to legitimize and to challenge national political structures. And it identifies elements of Garibaldis political style appropriated by political leaders around the world  including Mussolini and Che Guevara.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666097430581,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300144237","price":65.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300144239.jpg?v=1782419325","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/garibaldi-invention-of-a-hero-9780300144239","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}