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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960807103321

Autore

Hanlon Gregory <1953->

Titolo

Human Nature in Rural Tuscany : An Early Modern History / / by G. Hanlon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611361648

9781281361646

128136164X

9780230603035

0230603033

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Italian and Italian American Studies, , 2635-294X

Disciplina

306.09045509032

Soggetti

Europe - History

History, Modern

Social history

Civilization - History

Italy - History

Europe - History - 1492-

European History

Modern History

Social History

Cultural History

History of Italy

History of Early Modern Europe

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.