Ten Minute History - The Unification of Italy (Short Documentary)

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This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers Italy in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and the tumultuous decades which followed it. The focus is on liberal revolutionaries, like Mazzini and Garibaldi, and their conservative opponents like Victor Emmanuel II and Cavour. The episode covers the many revolutions (emphasis on 1848) in Italy across the 19th century and the wars with the Austrian Empire with Napoleon III of France and Prussia. All of this led to a sudden explosion of Piedmont-Sardinian territory in the years 1859-1861 which ended with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Finally, Venice and Rome would be added to the kingdom, making Italy (almost) what it is today.
Recommended books:
A Concise History of Italy by Christopher Duggan - Part of a great series of survey books. This one is great for Italy post-Napoleon I. It's pretty lacking with respect to the rest of Italian history (its coverage of the Renaissance/ Early Modern Italy isn't great, frankly.