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