Antonio Chiesi's Books

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

By: Alberto Martinelli,Antonio M. Chiesi,Sonia Stefanizzi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

By: Alberto Martinelli,Antonio M. Chiesi,Sonia Stefanizzi

Italy remains an enigma for many observers. Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995, the sixth volume from the international Comparative Charting of Social Change program, provides a new and convincing schema for its comprehension. It shows that three essential institutions have structured and unified Italian society: the family, the church, and political parties. While the state remains a weak institution, it is important as a regulator of the economy and of society through the welfare state. The book, which contains a long introduction by Alberto Martinelli on the uneven modernization of Italy, shows the usefulness of analysing social change through study of a series of macro-social trends. These trends range from life-style structures to fertility, leisure, consumption, inequality, religion, and family, among others. This sixth national profile provides more arguements in favour of a hypothesis of diversification, rather than convergence, of modern societies. As Henri Mendras writes in the preface of the book, "The more we change, the more we remain ourselves: that is the conclusion of our comparative research, and the Italian study provides further ample proof of it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

514

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773518428

ISBN 13

9780773518421

Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities

On the residuality of public spaces in historical contexts: Florence as a case study

By: Antonio Laurìa,Luigi Vessella

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities

On the residuality of public spaces in historical contexts: Florence as a case study

By: Antonio Laurìa,Luigi Vessella

This book is the result of a research project designed and carried out at the Department of Architecture, University of Florence. This book discusses urban public spaces and, more specifically, run-down, inactive micro-spaces that are barely used due to their location, dimensions, morphology or semantic characteristics. In literature, these spaces are often defined as “residual urban spaces.” A large abandoned industrial area on the outskirts of a town or a small interstitial space in a historical centre can be residual. With respect to such a broad subject matter, the book seeks to radically limit the field, concentrating on public residual spaces found in the oldest parts of cities. The book reflects on this theme and introduces a method for reading and assessment of the residuality of public spaces in historical contexts (Residuality Assessment Process) which was tested in the historical centre of Florence. It is the authors’ view that residual spaces, above all if designed according to a system logic, can go from being problems to potential activators of urban and social regeneration processes, offering a useful contribution to improve city life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

157

Publisher

Firenze University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

8855184962

ISBN 13

9788855184960

Un giorno alla volta

By: Antonio Miceli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Un giorno alla volta

By: Antonio Miceli

E' trascorso più di mezzo secolo dal termine del secondo conflitto mondiale, ma i suoi orrori sono sempre vivi nel ricordo di coloro che, attori coatti di un’immane tragedia, li patirono. Nel dopoguerra, anno dopo anno, sono uscite sempre più numerose le pubblicazioni (libri-documento, memoriali, storie romanzate, ecc.) che in molteplici modi attestano la partecipazione, diretta o indiretta, dei loro autori nella storia recente. Io ritengo giusto ed educativo che, al di fuori e a completamento dei testi prettamente storici scritti dagli specialisti, la tematica della guerra sia stata e sia tuttora così ampiamente divulgata. Ben venga perciò quest’altro libro di guerra - o piuttosto di prigionia - scritto da Antonio Miceli; egli, a differenza di molti altri, da’ spazio, oltre che all’oppressione cupa che caratterizzava i Lager tedeschi, anche ad episodi di gentilezza, d’affetto e d’umana solidarietà. La qual cosa sembra suggerire che la natura umana (la sua socievolezza) - pur nel mezzo delle azioni più atroci - non arriva mai ad essere del tutto stravolta: neppure quando la feroce legge della sopravvivenza induca il singolo al più brutale egoismo. Merito non piccolo del Miceli è l’aver saputo raccontare la propria esperienza con grande senso della misura, eludendo - per innato pudore - il facile effetto dell’enfasi: ciò anche quando in rapide notazioni evoca lo sfacelo della fine, con le SS che uccidono crudelmente i moribondi e i fuggiaschi e, nel contempo, cercano di reclutare altri uomini per un’ulteriore disperata resistenza; la narrazione, pur drammatica, non è truculenta, ma realistica.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

182

Publisher

Meligrana Giuseppe Editore

Published Date

ISBN 10

8895031768

ISBN 13

9788895031767

A Practical Guide to the study of the Italian Language

By: Antonio Biaggi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Practical Guide to the study of the Italian Language

By: Antonio Biaggi

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3752520310

ISBN 13

9783752520316

Five Albanian Villages

Guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism Development through the Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage

By: Antonio Laurìa,Valbona Flora,Kamela Guza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Five Albanian Villages

Guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism Development through the Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage

By: Antonio Laurìa,Valbona Flora,Kamela Guza

This book is the result of a research project designed and carried out at the Department of Architecture, University of Florence. This research was based on the transfer of knowledge from members of the Albanian Diaspora in Italy (university students, young architects and researchers) to their home country. This unique process blazed a trail in the Albania-related studies by creating a methodology, which could be replicated not only in Albanian rural contexts, but also elsewhere. The book constitutes a structured tool for generating sustainable and socially inclusive territorial development processes in five lesser-known Albanian cultural sites. Their tangible and intangible cultural heritage was seen as a driving factor for triggering development processes aimed at improving the inhabitants’ quality of life and strengthening local identity and social networks. Through concrete proposals and strategies, the book offers scenarios and solutions capable of enhancing the potential of each village and, at the same time, counteracting the effects of land abandonment that so often characterise them.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

Firenze University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

8855181742

ISBN 13

9788855181747

Ferrocenes

Homogeneous Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Materials Science

By: Antonio Togni

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ferrocenes

Homogeneous Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Materials Science

By: Antonio Togni

With applications ranging from asymmetric catalysis to magnetic materials, ferrocene is one of the most versatile building blocks in synthesis. This book captures the multidisciplinary nature of ferrocene research, including topics such as ferrocene-containing polymers, ferrocene-containing thermotropic liquid crystals, chiral ferrocene derivatives, and ferrocene-containing charge-transfer materials. In addition, the reader will find * valuable information for planning syntheses * over 70 tables, making relevant data available at a glance * carefully selected references, providing an easy access to the primary literature Up-to-date, and written by leading international experts in the field, among them R. Deschenaux, C. D. Hall, Y. Butsugan, and R. Herrmann, this book is a welcome source of in-depth information for graduate students and professionals in organic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry, as well as in materials science.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

560

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

352761558X

ISBN 13

9783527615582

Irish Literature in Italy in the Era of the World Wars

By: Antonio Bibbò

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Irish Literature in Italy in the Era of the World Wars

By: Antonio Bibbò

This book addresses both the dissemination and increased understanding of the specificity of Irish literature in Italy during the first half of the twentieth century. This period was a crucial time of nation-building for both countries. Antonio Bibbò illustrates the various images of Ireland that circulated in Italy, focusing on political and cultural discourses and examines the laborious formation of an Irish literary canon in Italy. The center of this analysis relies on books and articles on Irish politics, culture, and literature produced in Italy, including pamplets, anthologies, literary histories, and propaganda; translations of texts by Irish writers; and archival material produced by writers, publishers, and cultural and political institutions. Bibbò argues that the construction of different and often conflicting ideas of Ireland in Italy as well as the wavering understanding of the distinctiveness of Irish culture, substantially affected the Italian responses to Irish writers and their presence within the Italian publishing field. This book contributes to the discussion on transnational aspects of canon formation, reception studies, and Italian cultural studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030835863

ISBN 13

9783030835866

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

By: Alberto Martinelli,Antonio M. Chiesi,Sonia Stefanizzi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

By: Alberto Martinelli,Antonio M. Chiesi,Sonia Stefanizzi

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

514

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773518428

ISBN 13

9780773518421

Pereira Declares

A Testimony

By: Antonio Tabucchi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pereira Declares

A Testimony

By: Antonio Tabucchi

In Portugal, an aging, lonely journalist escapes facing the ominous cloud of Fascism by translating French stories for a weekly newspaper. It is his reluctant awakening that gives the novel its delightful, heroic power. Published to wide critical acclaim in the U.S., this is a delightful political novel by Italy's premier contemporary author.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

148

Publisher

New Directions Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0811213587

ISBN 13

9780811213585

Crossroad to the Heart

By: Antonio Casale

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Crossroad to the Heart

By: Antonio Casale

Luigi was an avid writer on the Italian Facebook. A reader, Emily, acknowledged with satisfaction one of his messages and he began an online conversation with her that lasted three months. Emily was thirty- eight years old and Luigi seventy-nine. The age difference did not bother her. Her objective was another. Prior to the pandemic of 2019, Emily tried her luck in a restaurant business with a young man. When the virus appeared, the two lost their business and relation. Emily searched for a job in a company whose owner operated a young girls prostitution ring. Emily attended the interview, but it was late when she realized of the nature of the business. The boss locked her up in a bedroom ready to dispatch her to the Virgin Island. Due to a breaking in the piping system. Luigi joined his brother-in-law, a master plumber to the premises. Luigi heard cries and unlocked the prison door. He hid Emily in a big box and brought it to safety. The two never met and she vowed to meet some day her 'savior.' Luigi and Emily began to socialize on online unaware of their past meeting. The conversation soon assumed romantic tones and Emily promised to visit him in Syracuse. That event never materialized.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Xlibris Us

Published Date

ISBN 10

1664164561

ISBN 13

9781664164567

Book's by Antonio Chiesi

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities

Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities

Un giorno alla volta

Un giorno alla volta

A Practical Guide to the study of the Italian Language

A Practical Guide to the study of the Italian Language

Five Albanian Villages

Five Albanian Villages

Ferrocenes

Ferrocenes

Irish Literature in Italy in the Era of the World Wars

Irish Literature in Italy in the Era of the World Wars

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995

Pereira Declares

Pereira Declares

Crossroad to the Heart

Crossroad to the Heart

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email