History of the Italian agricultural landscape
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History of the Italian agricultural landscape
（Giovanni Agnelli Foundation series in Italian history）
Princeton University Press, 1997
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Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano
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pbk. ISBN 9780691012155
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Emilio Sereni's classic work is now available in an English language edition. "History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape" is a synthesis of the agricultural history of Italy in its economic, social, and ecological context, from antiquity to the mid-twentieth century. From his perspective in the Italian tradition of cultural Marxism, Sereni guides the reader through the millennial changes that have affected the agriculture and ecology of the regions of Italy, as well as through the successes and failures of farmers and technicians in antiquity, the middle ages, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. In this sweeping historical survey, he describes attempts by successive generations to adapt Italy's natural environment for the purposes of agriculture and to respond to its changing ecological problems. "History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape" first appeared in 1961. At the time of its publication, it was a pathbreaking work, parallel in its importance for Italy to Marc Bloc's masterwork of 1931, "The Original Characteristics of French Rural History".
Sereni invented the concept of the historical "agricultural landscape": an interdisciplinary characterization of rural life involving economic and social history, linguistics, archeology, art history, and ecological studies.
Table of Contents
List of Plates and Figures I Natural Landscape and Agricultural Landscape II Ancient Italy III The Early Middle Ages and the Feudal Era IV The Age of the Communes V The Age of the Renaissance VI The Age of the Counter-Reformation and Foreign Domination VII The Age of Enlightened Despotism and Reforms VIII The Age of the Risorgimento IX Italian Unification X An Agricultural Panorama of Contemporary Italy Glossary Index
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ISBN 9780691012162
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This is a synthesis of the agricultural history of Italy in its economic, social and ecological context, from antiquity to the mid-20th century. From his perspective in the Italian tradition of cultural Marxism, the author guides the reader through the changes that have affected the agriculture and economy of the regions of Italy, as well as through the successes and failures of farmers and technicians in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. He describes attempts by successive generations to adapt Italy's natural environment for the purposes of agriculture and to respond to its changing ecological problems.
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