Venice : history of the floating city /

"This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European and North African exchange networks that made it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferraro, Joanne Marie, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Venice (Italy) > History.
Venise (Italie) > Histoire.
Italy > Venice.
Venedig
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Chronology of historical events
  • 1. Reconstructing the floating city
  • 2. The riches of Asia, Europe, and North Africa
  • 3. A pride of lions
  • 4. Identities and modes of socialization
  • 5. Material life
  • 6. City of myth
  • 7. The Serenissima's wayward subjects
  • 8. The baroque stage
  • 9. Epilogue: the tides of change
  • Appendix I. Approximate population of Venice during the Republic
  • Appendix II. Population of the historic center of Venice, 1871-2010.

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