Material Nation: A Consumer's History of Modern Italy - Hardcover

Scarpellini, Emanuela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199589577 ISBN 13: 9780199589579

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2011

Synopsis

Material Nation A consumer history of Italy from unification in the 19th century to the present day, combining economic and cultural history with a vivid narrative style. Full description

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Review

This is an ambitious book that fills a large gap in the English-language literature on modern Italy and that demonstrates with panache and sensitivity that the history of consumption is an inescapable entryway into the complexities of the modern condition. (Dario Gaggio, University of Michigan.)

[An] illuminating and accessible study... (Stephen Gundle, History Today)

An absorbing story of how Italy evolved from a fragmented peninsula characterised by poverty and a primeval, gnawing hunger to a country of material abundance and brand names known the world over. (Tony Barber, The Financial Times)

Scarpellini's book is always full of flavour...the book is rather like a good Italian meal. It has solid detail to act as starch for the mind's most sober needs. But present, too, are enough regalini to leave a reader pleasurably tingling at the rich and nourishing fare that Scarpellini lays before us. (Richard Bosworth, Times Higher Education)

Gives readers a fresh perspective on this endlessly fascinating country. (Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs)

About the Author

Emanuela Scarpellini is Professor of Modern History at the University of Milan. She was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and Cambridge University, and has also been a Visiting Professor at both Stanford and Georgetown universities.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199589577
• ISBN 13: 9780199589579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400