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  Title

  Venice : history of the floating city

  Author

  Ferraro, Joanne Marie, 1951-  

  Publisher:

  Cambridge University Press,

  Pub date:

  2012.

  Pages:

  xxxii, 268 p., [8] p. of plates :

  ISBN:

  9780521883597

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Aurora Campus.
  

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    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    DG676 .F47 2012	1	Book	Featured Resources Display

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  ISBN:

  9780521883597 (hardback)

  ISBN:

  0521883598 (hardback)

  Personal Author:

  Ferraro, Joanne Marie, 1951-

  Title:

  Venice : history of the floating city / Joanne M. Ferraro.

  Publication info:

  New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

  Physical description:

  xxxii, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  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 -- Appdendix II. Population of the historic center of Venice, 1871-2010.

  Summary:

  "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 a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural centre. Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the author discusses key themes related to the city's social, cultural, religious and environmental history, as well as its politics and economy. A refuge and a pilgrim stop; an international emporium and center of manufacture; a mecca of spectacle, theatre, music, gambling and sexual experimentation; and an artistic and architectural marvel, Venice's allure springs eternal in every phase of the city's fascinating history"-- Provided by publisher.

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  Geographic term:

  Venice (Italy)--History.

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