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Early Modern Italy : A Social History.

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1 online resource (305 p.)

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Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265) and index.
Other format: Also available online.
Reproduction available: Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Original electronic resource. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary,
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Available in electronic full text to members of the University via the Library web catalogue.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Map 1: Physical Italy; Map 2: The Italian States, 1559; Map 3: Italian cities and towns; Map 4: The Kingdom of Naples; Map 5: The city of Venice; Disunited Italy; The chronology and developments of early modern Italy; Geography and demography; Demography; The supply of food; The changing rural and urban economies; Rural and urban inter-relationships; The land and rural society; Landownership; Inhabitants of the contado and living conditions; The urban environment; Organising the urban scene
The organisation and production of goods and servicesMeeting places: buying and selling; Urban society; Women and male occupations; The professionals and officials; Servants; Casual work: labourers, pedlars, sbirri, messengers; Prostitutes; The poor and destitute; The family and household; Formation of the family: marriages and dowries; Personal family relationships; The extended family; The social elites; Varieties of social elites; Social groupings and loyalties; Neighbourhoo

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