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First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and...

The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in twentieth century Italy starting...

This volume presents a detailed account of the history of Verona, the northern Italian city. It explores of the city's...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Sicily is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice...

During the twenty years of Mussolini's rule a huge number of travel texts were written of journeys made during the...

Nobody has ever detailed history's most ruthless rulers and tyrants with as much flair and passion as French writer Alexandre...

Pizza is one of the best-known and widely exported Italian foods and yet relatively little is known about its origins...

This book is the first to provide English readers with a brief and comprehensive survey of economic life in Italy...

Ruth Ben-Ghiat's innovative cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship is a provocative discussion of the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy....

Recent tensions between the U.S. and Europe seem to have opened up an insuperable rift, while Americanization, deplored by some,...

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's historical work "Murat". Joachim-Napoléon Murat was the brother-in-law of Napoleon Boneparte, and held many...

In its totality, the "Long Second World War"-extending from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War to the end of...

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book,...

In the 17th century Italy was the place to learn the art of the sword. Travellers visited training salles and...

In the ninth century, Vikings carried out raids on the Christian north and Muslim south of the Iberian peninsula (modern...

An SS colonel goes underground at the end of WWIIEugen Dollmann was a scholar and member of the SS whose...

The Italian Renaissance culminated between the years 1494 and 1530. The figures examined in this classic volume illustrate four key...

The death of authority figures like fathers or leaders can be experienced as either liberation or loss. In the twentieth...

Dedicated to presenting the richness and variety of traditional Latin American music from its indigenous roots to depictions of contemporary...