At the Roots of Italian Identity (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy)
by Edoardo Marcello Barsotti
This book investigates the relationship between the ideas of nation and race among the nationalist intelligentsia of the Italian Risorgimento and argues that ideas of race played a considerable role in defining Italian national identity. The author argues that the racialization of the Italians dates back to the early Napoleonic age and that naturalistic racialism—or race-thinking based on the taxonomies of the natural history of man—emerged well before the traditionally presumed date of the lat...
The world's eighth largest economy has a unique shape and structure. Characterized by strong social networks and a niche capitalism built on successful small and medium-sized enterprises, the Italian economy has a nature distinct from its European neighbours. Vera Zamagni charts Italy's recent economic history from the postwar years of reconstruction through to the present day and the legacy of the financial crisis. Combining illustrative data with qualitative analysis, she provides a clear and...
Moral Neoliberal (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)
by Andrea Muehlebach
Morality is often imagined to be at odds with capitalism and its focus on the bottom line, but in "The Moral Neoliberal" morality is shown as the opposite: an indispensable tool for capitalist transformation. Setting her investigation within the shifting landscape of neoliberal welfare reform in the Lombardy region of Italy, Andrea Muehlebach tracks the phenomenal rise of voluntarism in the wake of the state's withdrawal of social service programs. Using anthropological tools, she shows how soci...
This provocative and often controversial volume examines concepts of ethnicity, citizenship and nationhood, to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from archaeology, classical studies and ancient history to challenge our basic assumptions of Romanization and how parts of Europe became incorporated into a Roman culture. Cultural Identity in the Roman Emp...
Regarding Romantic Rome
Greater Than Emperor (Stylus: Studies in Mediaeval Culture)
by Amanda Collins
Greater than Emperor charts the remarkable process by which Rome tried to forge a new civic identity, similar in constitution to contemporary city-republics but conceptually much greater. At the forefront of the process stood the idiosyncratic and astonishing young notary Cola di Rienzo. On May 21, 1347, Cola staged a bloodless coup. Rome entered a new age that would witness both the resurrection of the ancient power of the Empire and Rome's apotheosis as God's chosen city. Yet within seven mont...
L'esercito del Ducato di Modena 1625-1818 (Quaderni Cenni, #14)
by Luca Stefano Cristini
L'esercito del Ducato di Modena 1819-1859 (Quaderni Cenni, #15)
by Luca Stefano Cristini
Nuntiatur Des Ciriaco Rocci. Ausserordentliche Nuntiatur Des Girolamo Grimaldi (1631-1633)
Cavour E La Formazione del Regno d'Italia (Classic Reprint)
by Pietro Orsi
Landscape Notebook Large Size 8.5 x 11 Ruled 150 pages Softcover
by Wild Pages Press
Of all James' travel writings, this volume holds the most pleasure for the reader -- as a warm, careful introduction to a beloved country, as a happy experience shared, and as one of the world's great examples of expository writing.
The Last Days of Pompeii
Twentieth Century Italy (Social History of Europe) (SHEU)
by Jonathan Dunnage
Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic, cultural and political transformation on the lives of Italians. It assesses their living standards, their health and education, their working conditions and their leisure activities. The final part of the book examines contemporary Italian society in the light of the political and moral crisis of the early 1990s.