Cleaning up Renaissance Italy environmental ideals and urban practice in Genoa and Venice

Introduction1: Constructing ideals and practices in Renaissance port citiesPart One: The ebbs and flows of daily life2: Channelling health: the flow of the streets3: Preserving purity: the symbolic and practical regulation of water4: Stemming the tide: innovation and purgationPart Two: Balance and b...

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1. Verfasser: Crawshaw, Jane L. Stevens (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction1: Constructing ideals and practices in Renaissance port citiesPart One: The ebbs and flows of daily life2: Channelling health: the flow of the streets3: Preserving purity: the symbolic and practical regulation of water4: Stemming the tide: innovation and purgationPart Two: Balance and blame5: Working with waste: space, reuse, and the urban body6: Dealing with disasters: environments, people, and pietyConclusionCorruptible cities
Cleaning Up Renaissance Italy takes us to the streets, bridges, and waterways of Renaissance Genoa and Venice, exploring how environmental management -- street cleaning, water provision, waste disposal, and reuse -- relates to cultural ideals, individual and collective behaviour, political reputations, and social identities
Beschreibung:viii, 208 Seiten
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ISBN:9780198867432
978-0-19-886743-2