Imagining Italy : a sociological history of visions of Italy and the Italians in England from 1450 to the present day

This thesis examines the production of discursive visions of Italy and the Italians in England (and later Britain) during the period spanning approximately 1450 to the present day. Taking as its analytical starting point the sociologically problematic issue of why Italy and the Italians are imagined...

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Main Author: Thorpe, Christopher Martin
Published: University of Aberdeen 2008
Subjects:
945
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.446325