Baldoli, Claudia. <br/><br/>
A history of Italy / 
Claudia Baldoli. 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2009. 
 - xix, 337 p. :  ill., maps ;  22 cm. 
 - Palgrave essential histories .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-324) and index. 
<br/><br/>The 'barbarian' Middle Ages : invasions, culture, religion -- The Middle Ages of the cities -- The Middle Ages of the courts -- Renaissance Italy : from the European model to the 'end of Italy'? -- Under popes and distant kings : Italy in the age of the Baroque -- A national melodrama : the epic of the Risorgimento -- Liberal Italy -- From hunger to hedonism : Italy in the twentieth century. 
<br/><br/> "Intertwining the history of art, literature, food, music, and religion, Baldoli explores Italy's history from the Middle Ages to the present. The book offers an insight into continuities across past and present day Italian culture, politics, and identity, drawing on a range of recent historiography and contemporary sources"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781403986153 (hbk.) 1403986150 (hbk.) 9781403986160 (pbk.) 1403986169 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009044399 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA980091  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015347875  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Italy--History.<br/>Italy--Civilization.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG467  / .B27 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>945