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Nature and History in Modern Italy
Edited by Marco Armiero and Marcus Hall
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Foreword by Donald Worster
Is Italy il bel paese—the beautiful country—where tourists spend their vacations looking for art, history, and scenery? Or is it a land whose beauty has been cursed by humanity’s greed and nature’s cruelty? The answer is largely a matter of narrative and the narrator’s vision of Italy.