Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chronology of Historical Events
- 1 Reconstructing the Floating City
- 2 The Riches of Asia, Europe, and North Africa
- 3 A Pride of Lions
- 4 Identities and Modes of Socialization
- 5 Material Life
- 6 City of Myth
- 7 The Serenissima’s Wayward Subjects
- 8 The Baroque Stage
- 9 Epilogue
- Appendix I Approximate Population of Venice during the Republic
- Appendix II Population of the Historic Center of Venice, 1871–2010
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chronology of Historical Events
- 1 Reconstructing the Floating City
- 2 The Riches of Asia, Europe, and North Africa
- 3 A Pride of Lions
- 4 Identities and Modes of Socialization
- 5 Material Life
- 6 City of Myth
- 7 The Serenissima’s Wayward Subjects
- 8 The Baroque Stage
- 9 Epilogue
- Appendix I Approximate Population of Venice during the Republic
- Appendix II Population of the Historic Center of Venice, 1871–2010
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
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- VeniceHistory of the Floating City, pp. i - vPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012