Italia napoleonica: Dizionario critico (in Italian)

 
From the publishers:
In the Napoleonic period, Italy, along with a large part of Europe, underwent a sudden and often brutal, unsystematic process of modernisation. In a brief space of time, her institutions, economic structures, social and cultural life was radically renewed, all this in a region which for several centuries had been characterised by Montesquieu as “au coin du monde”, in other words on the margins of world history.

The idea for this book was that it should stand alongside the important critical dictionaries of Europe. Hence it is a tool, designed not only to be a source of information but also a guide for further research. Via its hundred or so entries, Italia napoleonica offers not only a wealth of bibliographical information but also an exhaustive account of the events and problems of a key epoch in which – as Giuseppe Galasso notes in his preface – “the Italian national question is seen as the main and fundamental question for Italians.”
 
Italia napoleonica: Dizionario critico is edited by Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, with Nicoletta Marini d'Armenia, and features a preface by Giuseppe Galasso and presentation by Rosanna Cioffi.
 
About the editor
Luigi Mascilli Migliorini is professor of history at the Università di Napoli “l'Orientale”. His biography “Napoleone” (2001, French trans. 2004) won a Fondation Napoléon history prize in 2001. His most recent Napoleonic works include an Italian edition of Las Cases' Memorial (2006) and a new edition of Luigi Salvatorelli's Leggenda e realtà di Napoleone (UTET 2008).
 
Thematic structure
Administration, pp. 3-24
Arts, pp. 25-48
Events, pp. 49-90
Church and religious life, pp. 91-118
Cinema, pp. 119-140
City, pp. 141-170
Constitutions and codification, pp. 171-190
Economy, pp. 191-218
Publishing, pp. 219-232
Army, pp. 233-250
Geopolitics, pp. 251-290
Literature and writing, pp. 291-308
Realms of memory, pp. 309-326
The Napoleonids, pp. 327-360
Narrations, pp. 361-384
Sciences, pp. 385-408
Society, pp. 409-428
Territory, pp. 429-448
The Republican Triennium, pp. 449-470
Journeys and travellers, pp. 471-490
Bibliography, pp. 491-518