 | Modern Naples: A Documentary History, 1799-1999 Subjects: Naples (Italy) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources; Naples (Italy) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Parthenopean Republic -- History -- Sources; Modern Naples traces the history of Naples in the "tragic centuries" between the collapse of the Parthenopean Republic and the restoration of the Bourbons to the end of World War II, then its recovery from the depredations of Unification, the destruction of war, and the urban corruption and environmental degradation of Italy's post-war economic "miracle." The author presents 229 documents on the city's history, society, and economy during these centuries. Sources include narrative histories, travelers' accounts and diaries; urban descriptions; letters; newspaper and magazine articles; interviews and surveys; oral histories; official narrative, statistical reports and legislation; political oratory; novels, poetry, song, and visual arts. Topics include Naples at the end of the 18th-century; the revolution of 1799, the Bourbon restoration and its aftermath; the revolution of 1848 and the Risorgimento; Naples within a unified Italy; 20th-century epidemic, fascism and world wars; the Camorra, social and political corruption of the post-war era; recent reforms and new economic and social directions. Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Notes, Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. 168 illustrations, 3 maps. |
