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050		4	_aGE160.I8N38 2010
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100	1		_aArmiero, Marco.
245	1	0	_aNature and History in Modern Italy.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aAthens, OH : _bOhio University Press, _c2010.
264		4	_c©2010.
300			_a1 online resource (356 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSeries in Ecology and History Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Il Bel Paese: An Introduction -- Foundations -- Chapter 1. The Distinctive Character of Italian Environmental History -- Chapter 2. Upside-Down Landscapes: Seismicity and Seismic Disasters in Italy -- Chapter 3. Moving Ground: Vesuvius and the Nola Mudslides of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 4. Environmental Imperialism in Sardinia: Pesticides and Politics in the Struggle against Malaria -- Commons and Forests -- Chapter 5. The Decline of the Commons and the Environmental Balance in Early Modern Italy -- Chapter 6. Forest Visions in Early Modern Italy -- Chapter 7. Environmental Heritage of a Past Cultural Landscape: Alder Woods in the Upper Aveto Valley of the Northwestern Apennines -- Chapter 8. Act Locally, Think Nationally: A Brief History of Access Rights and Environmental Conflicts in Fascist Italy -- Pollution, Industry, and Urban Environment -- Chapter 9. Dealing with Industrial Pollution in Italy, 1880-1940 -- Chapter 10. Petrochemical Modernity in Sicily -- Chapter 11. The Seveso Disaster Legacy -- Landscape, Culture, and Environmentalism -- Chapter 12. A "Natural" Capitalism: Water and the Making of the Italian Industrial Landscape -- Chapter 13. Nationalizing the Mountains: Natural and Political Landscapes in World War I -- Chapter 14. Nature Preservation and Protection in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Italy, 1880-1950 -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
520			_aIs Italy il bel paese--the beautiful country--where tourists spend their vacations looking for art, history, and scenery? Or is it a land whose beauty has been cursed by humanity's greed and nature's cruelty? The answer is largely a matter of narrative and the narrator's vision of Italy.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLandscapes--Social aspects--Italy--History.
650		0	_aNature--Effect of human beings on--Italy--History.
650		0	_aHuman ecology--History--Italy--Human ecology--History.
650		0	_aPollution--Italy--History.
650		0	_aUrbanization--Environmental aspects--Italy--History.
650		0	_aEnvironmentalism--Italy--History.
650		0	_aItaly--Environmental conditions.
650		0	_aItaly--History--19th century.
650		0	_aItaly--History--20th century.
650		0	_aItaly--Social conditions.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aHall, Marcus.
700	1		_aWorster, Donald.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aArmiero, Marco _tNature and History in Modern Italy _dAthens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2010 _z9780821419151
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aSeries in Ecology and History Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1743662 _zClick to View
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