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Italian Venice
A History
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Ideal for readers interested in European history, cultural studies, and the intricate past and present of Venice beyond its well-known grandeur. Suitable for those curious about the intersections of history, politics, society, and environmental challenges within a unique urban setting.
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In this elegant book, Richard Bosworth explores Venice—not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. Bosworth looks at the glamour and squalor of the belle époque and the dark underbelly of modernization, the two world wars, and the far-reaching oppressions of the fascist regime, through to the "Disneylandification" of Venice and the tourist boom, the worldwide attention of the biennale and film festival, and current threats of subsidence and flooding posed by global warming. He draws out major themes—the increasingly anachronistic but deeply embedded Catholic Church, the two faces of modernization, consumerism versus culture.
Bosworth interrogates not just Venice's history but its meanings, and how the city's past has been co-opted to suit present and sometimes ulterior aims. Venice, he shows, is a city where its histories as well as its waters ripple on the surface.
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Critics praise Bosworth's work for its lively and informative prose, rich in colourful incidents and characters sourced from diverse materials. Theodore K Rabb calls it engaging and thoroughly researched. Christopher Silvester of The Financial Times highlights Bosworth as a subtle, stylish historian who decodes Venice's unofficial histories, offering fresh perspectives beyond typical tourist narratives. Tobias Jones of The Sunday Times finds the book far more colourful and enjoyable than typical histories, appreciating its human-scale detail and fascinating insight into Venice's living past.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300216127
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 September 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 37 b-w illus.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 352
About the Author
R. J. B. Bosworth is a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.
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