Ruling and representing southern Italy From the spring of 1860 to the summer of 1861, a major challenge that the Piedmontese parliament faced on national unification was how they should govern and control the southern regions of the country that were frequently represented and described by northern Italian correspondents as "corrupt", "barbaric", and "uncivilized".Nelson Moe, This is not Italy!': Ruling and Representing the South, 1860–1861", in The View from the Vesuvius: Italian Culture and the Southern Question, 156–183 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 165. In response to the depictions of southern Italy, the Piedmontese parliament had to decide whether it should investigate the southern regions to better understand the social and political situations there or it should establish jurisdiction and order by using mostly force.Nelson Moe, This is not Italy!': Ruling and Representing the South, 1860–1861", in The View from the Vesuvius: Italian Culture and the Southern Question, 156–183 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 178.
RulinG AnD RePReSEntiNG sOuthern itALy FRom thE SprIng of 1860 tO tHE sUMmer of 1861, a mAjoR cHalLEnge that tHe pieDmontESe PaRliAmENt fAceD on natIonaL unifiCatiOn was how tHey shOuLD GoVeRn and CoNtrol tHe SOuthern regions of tHe counTry That Were fRequenTly repreSenTed AND descRIBEd bY nORtherN italIan cOrREspoNdEnTs as "cOrrupT", "BArBaric", AnD "uncivilized".NelSon moe, this is Not itaLy!': ruliNG aNd rePresENting tHe soUtH, 1860–1861", in the VieW from The vEsUViUs: itAliaN CUlTure and ThE southeRn QuESTion, 156–183 (berkeLeY: UnIvERSITY of calIFOrnIa pRess, 2002), 165. in rEsponSE to the DePiCtIONS Of soUtherN italY, ThE piedmOntese pARlIaMent had To DecIDe WHETheR It sHoUld InvesTigatE The soutHErn rEGIons To bEtter undErstand the sociaL and PoLItICAL SiTuATions TherE oR It SHould estABlisH JUrisdiction and ordEr bY UsiNg mosTlY Force.nelSon mOe, this is NOT ITaly!': RuLiNg AnD REPresentIng thE sOuth, 1860–1861", in The viEw From The VESuVius: itAlian CulTuRe aND The SOutHERn qUestioN, 156–183 (bErkelEy: unIvERSIty oF CAlifornia PrEss, 2002), 178.