Nonfiction. Italian History. Anarchism. Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin nurtured anarchism in Italy, making it the dominant expression of socialism--triumphant over Marxism and all other revolutionary doctrines. From the First International to the 1872 Anti-Authoritarian International, from government suppression and anarchist insurrection to Errico Malatesta's prominent role in resurrecting the anarchist movement, Nunzio Pernicone's original research provides a critical examination of early anarchist practices. "Pernicone's book is the most comprehensive and balanced study to date of the Italian anarchist movement"--American Historical Review.

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Nunzio Pernicone is professor of History at Drexel University. He is the author of ITALIAN ANARCHISM: 1864-1892 (AK Press, 2009) and CARLO TRESCA: PORTRAIT OF A REBEL (AK PRESS, 2010), editor of The Autobiography of Carlo Tresca (John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2003), and has published numerous articles on Italian and Italian-American radicalism.