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The New World in early modern Italy, 1492-1750

Title
The New World in early modern Italy, 1492-1750 / edited by Elizabeth Horodowich (New Mexico State University), Lia Markey (Newberry Library, Chicago).
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Horodowich, Elizabeth, 1970-
  • Markey, Lia.
Description
xvi, 345 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
Italians became fascinated by the New World in the early modern period. While Atlantic World scholarship has traditionally tended to focus on the acts of conquest and the politics of colonialism, these essays consider the reception of ideas, images and goods from the Americas in the non-colonial state of Italy. Italians began to venerate images of the Peruvian Virgin of Copacabana, plant tomatoes, potatoes, and maize, and publish costume books showcasing the clothing of the kings and queens of Florida, revealing the powerful hold that the Americas had on the Italian imagination. By considering a variety of cases illuminating the presence of the Americas in Italy, this volume demonstrates how early modern Italian culture developed as much from multicultural contact - with Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the Caribbean - as it did from the rediscovery of classical antiquity.
Subject
  • 1500-1789
  • Civilization > American influences
  • Italy > History > 16th century
  • Italy > Civilization > American influences
  • Italy > History > 1559-1789
  • Italy
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index.
Call Number
JFF 18-142
ISBN
  • 9781107122871
  • 1107122872
OCLC
987794999
Title
The New World in early modern Italy, 1492-1750 / edited by Elizabeth Horodowich (New Mexico State University), Lia Markey (Newberry Library, Chicago).
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index.
Chronological Term
1500-1789
Added Author
Horodowich, Elizabeth, 1970-
Markey, Lia.
Research Call Number
JFF 18-142
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