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Il Duce and His Women
Alma Books 2013; US$ 11.99The first biography to offer insights into Mussolini's private life, with a particular focus on his attitude toward women and his relationships with many mistresses, enriched by first-hand documents and previously unpublished photographs The figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first half of the 20th... more...
Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. more...
Dark Age Liguria
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013;Dark Age Liguria surveys the history of the Liguria region from c. 400 to c. 1050 AD, to provide a detailed case study of what happened here as Roman imperial rule ended. The book pulls together all the surviving evidence, written, archaeological, artistic and ecological, to propose that, in contrast with later periods, Ligurians looked north as much... more...
Der junge De Gasperi.
Duncker & Humblot 2012; US$ 77.54Hauptbeschreibung Alcide De Gasperi ist bekannt als der Politiker des italienischen Wiederaufbaus nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und als Förderer des vereinten Europa. Sein Leben davor - außerhalb des Kontextes des politischen Lebens Italiens - ist weniger bekannt. Und doch war diese Zeitspanne nicht kurz: 1881 im Trentino geboren, das damals zum Habsburgerreich... more...
Tra Cartagine e Roma
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 112.00This work investigates the Carthaginian territories in Sicily from the period of Punic settlement of the western portion of the island in the 6th century BC through the creation of the Roman province and the Augustan administration. It analyzes fundamental questions regarding the Punic and Roman presence in Sicily. Specific areas of emphasis include... more...
Demografiepolitik
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99Ein Buch unter dem Titel Demografiepolitik soll die aus den kollektiven Entwicklungen der Schrumpfung und der Alterung der Bevölkerung einerseits und aus der individuellen Perspektive des längeren Lebens andererseits resultierenden Befunde, Fragen, Probleme und Handlungsbedarfe politikfeldübergreifend aufnehmen und thematisieren.... more...
Il senso ritrovato
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Stiamo vivendo una crisi sistemica, epocale, che non riguarda solo leconomia e la finanza, ma anche lecosistema, il nostro mondo di valori e la cultura su cui si è basata finora la nostra vita su questo pianeta. Di fronte a una crisi di queste proporzioni, occorre mettere in discussione il paradigma in base al quale si è organizzata... more...
The Tigress of Forli
Head of Zeus 2012; US$ 8.01'If I were to write the story of my life it would shock the world', Caterina Sforza, 1463-1509. As action packed as as a Game of Thrones novel, the complete life of one of Italy's most fearless women. Between her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, and her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, the... more...
Threats to Democracy
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 42.00This book represents the first systematic research by a social scientist on the radical right-wing movements in Italy since 1945. During the heyday of right-wing violence between 1969 and 1980, street aggressions, attacks, and murders were commonplace. These bloody episodes were assumed to be the work of fanatical bands of "political soldiers" and... more...
In the Society of Fascists
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00This work seeks to take a fresh look at the contentious question of the longevity and popularity of Mussolini's regime in Italy. In particular, it draws upon new research to challenge what has been the most influential paradigm over the last couple of decades, namely, the interpretation of Italian fascism as a consensual dictatorship. more...









