The Printed Media in Fin-de-Siecle Italy: Publishers,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caesar, Ann Hallimore / Romani, Gabrielle / Burns, Jennifer, PUBLISHER: Legenda, ong>Theong> Unification of Italy in heralded a period of unprecedented change. While successive Liberal governments pursued imperial ventures and took Italy into World War One on ong>theong> Allied side, on ong>theong> domestic front technological advance, ong>theong> creation of a national transport network, ong>theong> expansion of state education, internal migration to cities and ong>theong> rise of political associations all contributed to ong>theong> rapid expansion of ong>theong> print industry and ong>theong> development of new and highly diversified reading publics. Drawing on publishers' archives, letters, diaries, and printed material, this book provide ong>theong> most ong>upong>-to-date research into ong>theong> printed media - books, magazines and journals - in Italy between and . With essays on publishers and reading communities, ong>theong> professionalization of ong>theong> role of journalist and writer, children's literature, book illustrations, and printed media in colonial territories among oong>theong>rs, this book is intended for those with interests in cultural production and consumption and questions of nation-formation and nationhood in and outside Italy.