Assassins Against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe

by Nunzio Pernicone and Fraser Ottanelli

Book Overview

The image of the anarchist assassin haunted the corridors of power and the popular imagination in the late nineteenth century. Fear spawned a gross but persistent stereotype: a swarthy "Italian" armed with a bloody knife or revolver and bred to violence by a combination of radical politics, madness, innate criminality, and poor genes. That Italian anarchists targeted--and even killed--high-profile figures added to their exaggerated, demonic image...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252083539
• ISBN13: 9780252083532
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"