I presupposti della spedizione di Pisacane e la realtà del regno borbonico

The article, in the one hundred and sixtieth anniversary of the Pisacane expedition, reconstructs the historiographic problems inherent to it and the context in which it was planned, comparing the real situation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with the conjectures of the conspirators concerning the feasibility of a popular uprising. The analysis highlights the distinction between the optimistic attitude of Pisacane and Mazzini, who designed the action from the outside, and of those who, residing permanently in the Bourbon territory, were forced to deal closely with the problems related to the lack of resources, both with those connected to the social question, which proved to be the concrete causes of the failure of Pisacane's action. [Publisher's text].