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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2012.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39783650*spi |
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.
