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Attention to the issue of disabilities has intensified in recent
decades, prompting States and organizations to respond with
appropriate measures to promote inclusion of persons with
disabilities in all social environments. This book's thesis is that
the seeds of this inclusivity were planted by the development of
tourism for people with disabilities in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. The book explores the development of tourism
for people with disabilities in Italy during this time period. It
adds an important tessera to the mosaic of international literature
that has rarely considered the history of tourism and the history
of disabilities in a unified manner. While certainly of great
interest to an Italian audience, the discussion of the various
responses taking form in Italy to the needs of persons with
disabilities, and the role these responses have played in the
development of mass tourism generally, is also quite pertinent to
international contexts. This book is based largely on unpublished
sources. The authors' hope is that the presentation of these new
materials combined with the innovative approach of a historical
study of tourism through the lens of disabilities will open up
international scholarly debate and discussion drawing in
contributions from all disciplines.
Attention to the issue of disabilities has intensified in recent
decades, prompting States and organizations to respond with
appropriate measures to promote inclusion of persons with
disabilities in all social environments. This book's thesis is that
the seeds of this inclusivity were planted by the development of
tourism for people with disabilities in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. The book explores the development of tourism
for people with disabilities in Italy during this time period. It
adds an important tessera to the mosaic of international literature
that has rarely considered the history of tourism and the history
of disabilities in a unified manner. While certainly of great
interest to an Italian audience, the discussion of the various
responses taking form in Italy to the needs of persons with
disabilities, and the role these responses have played in the
development of mass tourism generally, is also quite pertinent to
international contexts. This book is based largely on unpublished
sources. The authors' hope is that the presentation of these new
materials combined with the innovative approach of a historical
study of tourism through the lens of disabilities will open up
international scholarly debate and discussion drawing in
contributions from all disciplines.
This book analyzes the roots of one of the main human activities
that can be developed in natural and agricultural ecosystems:
tourism. Attention to natural and agricultural ecosystems and their
conservation has intensified in recent decades, responding to
increasing social sensitivity to the environment, as also witnessed
by Agenda 2030. The book explores the development of tourism in
natural and agricultural ecosystems in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, when some of its essential features derived
from the practices of exploration, scientific study, business,
healing practices, and also a desire for personal growth. This
research is intended to open up international scholarly debate and
discussion and draw in contributions from all disciplines and
geographical areas. In addition, it intends to add an important
piece to the mosaic of international literature that has rarely
considered the origins of nature and rural tourism in an array of
practices not always embodying a stated intent of recreation. This
book is based on handwritten documents and travelogues circulating
during the period in question. Most of the travel experiences
analyzed regard men and women of European descent, but their
travels were global, with ecosystems considered on all populated
continents. This volume is essential reading for students and
scholars alike interested in tourism history and the history of
science and travel.
The book analyses the role of private bankers who were pivotal in
modernizing the economic and financial system of Italy in the XIX
century. To achieve this they needed to interact with the
international haute banque to organize and place the public loans
and the large investments associated with the joint-stock
companies. The theme of reputation, which is currently at the
centre of the historiographical debate, is fundamental for the
study of the private banker figures, whose professional success is
linked to the limitless trust accorded to them by their circle of
personal contacts. Historiography has studied the role of Italian
bankers in the trade, credit and international finance during the
modern age (XVI-XVIII centuries), but it has not analysed the
banking system in the XIX century and its national and
international relations. The case study of Banca Parodi of Genova
fills the historiographical gap concerning the role of private
bankers and banking institutions in Italy, highlighting the network
between the Parodi family and the international haute banque; one
of the most emblematic cases is the Rothschild family. The book
presents a re-elaborates series of unpublished data, placing them
at the disposal of the scientific community and analyses the role
of private bankers in the development of Italian banking
institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate.
This book examines the development of social support systems in the
Modern age in the rural areas of the city-states of Northern Italy.
This investigation achieves two main purposes: first, it allows
researchers to understand the role occupied concretely by welfare
and micro-credit activities in the political and socio-economic
panorama of rural Northern Italy; secondly, it verifies to what
extent the formation of a more or less structured support system
influenced the establishment of local identity and the rooting of
individuals. The complexity of the different perspectives, which
bring together different fields of research ranging from economic
and political history to the study of the history of ecclesiastical
institutions, and the most recent research on the anthropological
value of welfare actions, involves the use of multiple historical
sources. since the development of social support systems in
Northern Italy during the Modern age is not strictly related to the
concept of poverty, the multiple perspectives adopted in the volume
allow for an in-depth investigation of the theme of social support
systems which have not received due attention by historiography.
Although history cannot be considered magistra vitae, it is at the
same time true that the study of the past can help to better
understand the evolution of the current socio-economic situation.
The retreat of the welfare activity of the State, associated with a
depopulation of the rural areas of the peninsula and a steady
increase in poverty that is currently extending to social fringes
that until a few years ago were not affected by economic problems,
pushes us to investigate more carefully the dynamics that in the
Ancien Regime gave shape to the support activities against
indigence and poverty.
This book analyzes the evolution of Italian viticulture and
winemaking from the 1860s to the new Millennium. During this period
the Italian wine sector experienced a profound modernization,
renovating itself and adapting its products to international
trends, progressively building the current excellent reputation of
Italian wine in the world market. Using unpublished sources and a
vast bibliography, authors highlight the main factors favoring this
evolution: public institutional support to viticulture; the birth
and the growth of Italian wine entrepreneurship; the improvement in
quality of the winemaking processes; the increasing relevance of
viticulture and winemaking in Italian agricultural production and
export; and the emergence of wine as a cultural product.
The book analyses the role of private bankers who were pivotal in
modernizing the economic and financial system of Italy in the XIX
century. To achieve this they needed to interact with the
international haute banque to organize and place the public loans
and the large investments associated with the joint-stock
companies. The theme of reputation, which is currently at the
centre of the historiographical debate, is fundamental for the
study of the private banker figures, whose professional success is
linked to the limitless trust accorded to them by their circle of
personal contacts. Historiography has studied the role of Italian
bankers in the trade, credit and international finance during the
modern age (XVI-XVIII centuries), but it has not analysed the
banking system in the XIX century and its national and
international relations. The case study of Banca Parodi of Genova
fills the historiographical gap concerning the role of private
bankers and banking institutions in Italy, highlighting the network
between the Parodi family and the international haute banque; one
of the most emblematic cases is the Rothschild family. The book
presents a re-elaborates series of unpublished data, placing them
at the disposal of the scientific community and analyses the role
of private bankers in the development of Italian banking
institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate.
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