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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784148803321

Autore

Hanlon Gregory <1953->

Titolo

Human nature in rural Tuscany : an early modern history / / Gregory Hanlon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36164-X

9786611361648

0-230-60303-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 218 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Italian and Italian American studies

Disciplina

306.09045509032

Soggetti

Sociology, Rural - Italy - Tuscany - History - 17th century

Human beings - Animal nature

Tuscany (Italy) Social conditions 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Measures and Values; Introduction; 1 Governance; 2 Cooperation; 3 Competition; 4 Reproduction; 5 Invention; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Melding evolutionary theory and both animal and human ethology together with close, descriptive historical research on a typical Tuscan village in the Seventeenth century, Hanlon explains the good reasons individuals had for behaving in ways that now seem strange to us.