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The Italian giallo was a sleazy, violent, and stylistically baroque form of horror film that was produced in great numbe......more
The Italian giallo was a sleazy, violent, and stylistically baroque form of horror film that was produced in great numbe......more
Based on extensive new material, much of it unpublished, by and about Sartre from archives across Europe, this book expl......more
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This book examines the question of the repression of LGBT people through psychiatry during the fascist regime in Italy, ......more
The Golden Age of Italian Jews covers nine decades, 1848-1938, during which Italian Jews rose from the ghetto to acquire......more
A fresh narrative history of the rise of Rome’s empire in Italy, that exposes the monumental expansion of the Roman fami......more
Using a transnational approach to the intellectual history of 19th-century Italy, this book examines the highly idiosync......more
The Second Battle of Sirte was a key naval clash in the Mediterranean, and a vital moment in the struggle for Malta’s su......more
Venice was a major center of art in the Renaissance: the city where the medium of oil on canvas became the norm. The ach......more
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A historical look at the American fascination with Italian fascism during the interwar period In the interwar years, the......more
The rich, recorded history of Sicily reaches back for more than three thousand years. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, By......more
English-language historiography traditionally disregards Italian military history with sweeping generalizations about in......more
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"This new edition of Fashion under Fascism expands the work of Eugenia Paulicelli’s classic text - and includes updated ......more
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African Venice is the first guidebook to the extensive historical and contemporary African presence in the city of the l......more
The Lombards will examine the history, society and warfare of the tribe of barabrians that first entered Italy in the 6......more
Today anyone can walk along Via Veneto in Rome and experience Italy’s famed La Dolce Vita. However, it was once private ......more
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People the world over aspire to self-rule, especially when living under domination, conquest, and empire. Inspired by th......more
This book offers a broad comparative perspective on regime building under Axis rule during the Second World War, explori......more
This book offers the first extensive investigation of Italian crime fiction in the period between 1861, the year of Ital......more
This research volume reassesses one of the most fundamental transformations in Late Antiquity, centered on a pivotal reg......more
This book examines the life, major ideas and lasting influence of the Italian militant and political thinker Antonio Gra......more
This book examines the life, major ideas and lasting influence of the Italian militant and political thinker Antonio Gra......more
Although the printing giants of John Murray and Karl Baedeker dominated the nineteenth-century travel guidebook market, ......more
This open access book explores how Italy experienced the crucial period of transition that has come to be known as the ’......more
Shipping Sculptures from Early Modern Italy: The Mechanics, Costs, Risks, and Rewards focuses on enormous amounts of scu......more
Unlike in the United Kingdom and France, where fashion during the Second World War is extensively debated, in Italy it i......more
Created as a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Italian Civil Code, the current volume presents a theoretical mo......more
- This hardback edition brings together its three volumes in one, The Middles Ages to the Seventeenth Century, The Eight......more
This new book covers the Austro-Italian Naval War (1866) a little-known part of late 19th century naval history. The Bat......more
Whether you’re vacationing in Italy or simply an armchair traveler, this guide to the Mediterranean island of Sicily is ......more
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging ......more
During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a femi......more
This collection of classic texts offers a longitudinal overview of the Italian mafia through the eyes of those who have ......more
This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the ......more
A cultural history of speech in medieval Italy The Unruly Tongue, a cultural history of speech in medieval Italy, offers......more
This book uncovers how fascism reshaped Italian society according to its ideological and historical interpretation of th......more
This is the second volume in Luigino Caliaro’s trilogy on the main Italian fighter types to see service in the Second Wo......more
The SAS is the most famous regiment in the world and the subject of countless books, documentaries and TV dramas, includ......more
Battle of Monte Natale brings together contemporary accounts showing war, not only at the strategic level involving Corp......more
Hold the glory--and infamy--of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand in this extraordinary and accessible story of histo......more
Hold the glory--and infamy--of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand in this extraordinary and accessible story of histo......more
A complex and at times controversial film-maker whose career spanned the second half of the twentieth century, Federico ......more
The Science of Naples highlights the importance of Naples in the history of science, exploring the city’s contribution t......more
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This book reveals the medieval Mediterranean region as a richly nuanced space of places and peoples connected by a body ......more
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Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieve......more
This edited volume explores the interplay between political, economic, and financial development in twentieth-century Eu......more
Importing Fascism analyses the mechanisms of the Italian fascist regime in incorporating the Italian-Scottish diaspora i......more
Before dawn on June 24, 1859, near the small northern Italian town of Solferino, the largest battle on the European cont......more
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The figure of Girolamo Savonarola looms large over Italian secular and ecclesiastical history, but remains obscure to th......more
This book tells the story of decadent poet Gabriele D’Annunzio’s occupation of Fiume in 1919-1920. It provides the most ......more
The figure of Girolamo Savonarola looms large over Italian secular and ecclesiastical history, but remains obscure to th......more
This book can be profitably read by professional military historians and non-specialist readers interested in the milita......more
This is the first systematic work on the Italian-Libyan relationship produced in English, accessible to area scholars, s......more
This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic’s oldest surviving political party, the populist far......more
This book explores the influence of right-wing political cultures (including conservatism, political Catholicism, reacti......more
This book, aimed at students, scholars and non-profit organizations, illustrates the complexity of the world of prostitu......more
This book analyzes the process by which Mussolini built the world’s first Fascist regime, describes how the Duce’s heirs......more
Collector’s Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket Step into the tumultuous lives of ancient Rome’s most infamous rulers......more
A fascinating study of one of the often overlooked World War II campaigns as British/Commonwealth, Indigenous and Italia......more
The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian (Volume 1), is a classical book and has been considered imp......more
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The Gothic, proliferating across different literary, socio-cultural, and scientific spaces, permeated and influenced the......more
Women from the Ricasoli and Spinelli families formed a wide variety of social networks within and beyond Florence throug......more
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Becoming couture is the first book to examine the history of the Italian fashion industry during the global transition b......more
In the wake of both Joycean and Dantean celebrations, this volume aims to investigate the fecund influence of Italian cu......more
The legendary Renaissance math duel that ushered in the modern age of algebra The Secret Formula tells the story of two ......more
Several studies have been devoted to the flowering of the republic of Genoa during the so-called ’siglo de los Genoveses......more
This volume explores the process of definition, evolution and representation of the figures of the prince and the condot......more
This book delves into the evolution of Italian neo-fascism from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s. It examines th......more
A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 2, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the h......more
A View of Society and Manners in Italy, Volume 1; With Anecdotes Relating to some Eminent Characters, is a classical boo......more
A fresh perspective on the early mafia as a means of resistance against invasion, this gripping history illustrates the ......more
Pulcinella, a Neapolitan clown born of the commedia dell’arte tradition, went viral in Europe in the seventeenth and eig......more
This book introduces a compelling new personality to the modernist canon, Marisa Mori (1900-1985), who became the only f......more
Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2024 In the first book to examine the role p......more
Reveals a dark chapter in the Italian government’s colonial history that has been largely hidden from view. Between the ......more
The Story of Perugia, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this b......more
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history......more
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic, is a classical book and has been considered import......more
The Story of Verona, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this bo......more