Daniel Aaron Lazar » World Civ-Nationalism in Europe http://www.daniellazar.com Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:56:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Yorker Book Review of The Insurgent: Garibaldi and his Enemies http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/30/new-yorker-book-review-of-the-insurgent-garibaldi-and-his-enemies/ http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/30/new-yorker-book-review-of-the-insurgent-garibaldi-and-his-enemies/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:54:02 +0000 Dan Lazar http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/30/new-yorker-book-review-of-the-insurgent-garibaldi-and-his-enemies/ Suddenly you are looking in his eyes. Officially, they’re brown, but for you they’ll always be blue. He is speaking in a soft, seductive voice. Glory if you follow, eternal shame if you don’t. Rome or Death. In a moment, your destiny shifts. Incredibly, you have volunteered. You are given a red shirt, an obsolete rifle, a bayonet. You are taught to sing a hymn full of antique rhetoric recalling a magnificent past, foreseeing a triumphant future. You learn to march at night in any weather and over the most rugged terrain, to sleep on the bare ground, to forgo regular meals, to charge under fire at disciplined men in uniform. You learn to kill with your bayonet. You see your friends killed. You grow familiar with the shrieks of the wounded, the stench of corpses. If you turn tail in battle, you will be shot. Those are his orders. If you loot, you will be shot. You write enthusiastic letters home. You have discovered patriotism and comradeship. You have been welcomed by cheering crowds, kissed by admiring young women. Italy will be restored to greatness. From Sicily to the Alps, your country will be free. Then, with no warning, it’s over. A politician has not kept faith. An armistice has been signed. Your leader is furious. You hardly understand. Rome is still a dream. Your group disbanded, you receive nothing: no money, no respect, no help in finding work. But, years later, when he calls again, you go. You will follow him to your death.

The Insurgent: Garibaldi and his Enemies

Garibaldi and his Enemies Response Sheet

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The response sheet

As is often the case with primary source documents, these readings are challenging to read and understand. Please proudly assume the challenge. Remember that challenges, by definition, are frustraing endeavors that result in stronger individuals.

I advise you to, after downloading the response sheet, type your answers to the prompts.

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A Power Point on German Unification

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More from Fordham

Giuseppe Garibaldi Encourages his Soldiers

Garibaldi on the Conquest of Naples

Garibaldi on Nationalism

Maps and Images of Italian Unification

A perspective, albeit unsubstantiated, comparing and contrasting Italian and German Unification

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From an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune

Glad To Be German, More or Less

From a Professor of Sociology at Brown University who was in Germany for the World Cup

Response Sheet to Above Documents on Contemporary Nationalism in Germany

From the Journal of Social Science Research

]]> http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/10/contemporary-connections/feed/ 0 The Process of German Nationalism http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/10/the-process-of-german-nationalism/ http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/10/the-process-of-german-nationalism/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:39:12 +0000 Dan Lazar http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/10/the-process-of-german-nationalism/ Secondary Source Summary of German Nationalism

Secondary Source on the Power Politics of German Unification

Primary Source Documents on German Nationalism

Bismarck and Machiavelli Quotes

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Text Notes on German Unity

Quotations on Nationalism

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