Research Catalog

Title

Material nation : a consumer's history of modern Italy / Emanuela Scarpellini ; translated by Daphne Hughes and Andrew Newton.

Author

Scarpellini, Emanuela.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Newton, Andrew
• Hughes, Daphne

Description

xiv, 343 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

What were Italians eating and drinking over this period? Where did they live? What did they do in their leisure time? What did they choose to spend their spare money on? And how did this differ between different economic classes and over time? From the battle against poverty conducted by the first liberal governments of a united Italy, to fascist autarchy, up to the emergence of welfare policies and today's multifaceted society, Scarpellini looks at how the material culture associated with consumption has structured Italian life and defined the boundaries of class, gender, generations, and regional differences, inspiring government policies, and influencing the worlds of art and literature. -- Jacket.

Uniform Title

Italia dei consumi. English

Alternative Title

• Italia dei consumi.
• Consumer's history of modern Italy

Subject

• Consumption (Economics) > Italy > History
• Consumers > Italy > History
• Consumption (Economics) > Government policy > History. > Italy
• Italy > Economic conditions

Genre/Form

History

Note

• First published in Italian as L'Italia dei consumi: dalla Belle époque al nuovo millennio.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Liberal Italy: Italian society from Unification to the Belle Époque ; The State and public consumption ; The world of production ; Commercial spaces -- Fascism: The regime ; Daily life during fascism -- The economic miracle: Society during the golden age of capitalism ; Politics, culture, and welfare state ; Advertising and production ; Large-scale distribution and 'American' supermarkets -- The affluent society: Impact of the consumer society ; Contemporary everyday life.

ISBN

• 9780199589579
• 0199589577

OCLC

• 670482257
• SCSB-11249942

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library