| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
352 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Where the Romans met the Greeks : the Italian south in antiquity -- From the terror of the world to the wonder of the world : the kings who created the Italian south -- Sicily splits and Naples rises : the south in the late Middle Ages -- Subject to a distant king : the south in the Spanish Empire -- The Indies over here : church and religion in the early modern south -- Paradise inhabited by devils : culture and society in baroque Naples -- Reason truly is always beautiful : the southern enlightenment -- The grand tour heads south : nature, ruins, music, and folklore -- Feast, flour, and gallows : revolution, restoration, and the end of a kingdom -- The south as part of the Italian nation. |
| Subject |
Italy, Southern -- History.
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Naples (Kingdom) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0393058646 hardcover |
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