Giulia Bonazza. Abolitionism and the Persistence of Slavery in Italian States, 1750-1850. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. xxv + 227 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-030-01348-6.
Reviewed by Valeria Deplano (University of Cagliari) Published on H-Italy (March, 2023) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Rebecca R. Falkoff. Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Illustrations. 264 pp. ISBN 978-1-5017-5281-0; free (e-book), ISBN 978-1-5017-5282-7; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-5280-3.
Reviewed by Sara Boezio (University of Warwick) Published on H-Italy (February, 2023) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Mary Harvey Doyno. The Lay Saint: Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. 330 pp. $58.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-4020-6.
Reviewed by James Palmer (Florida State University) Published on H-Italy (February, 2023) Commissioned by Peter Sposato (Indiana University Kokomo)
Stéphane Mourlane, Céline Regnard, Manuela Martini, Catherine Brice, eds. Italianness and Migration from the Risorgimento to the 1960s. Palgrave, 2022. 270 pp. $109.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-3-030-88964-7; $149.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-030-88963-0.
Reviewed by Stefano Luconi (University of Padua) Published on H-Italy (January, 2023) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Valerie McGuire. Italy's Sea: Empire and Nation in the Mediterranean, 1895-1945. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020. xvi + 295 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-1-80034-600-0; $130.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-80034-800-4.
Reviewed by Joanna Bürger (University of Washington) Published on H-Italy (December, 2022) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Antonio Varsori, Benedetto Zaccaria, eds. Italy in the International System from Détente to the End of the Cold War. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. xv + 309 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-3-319-65163-7; $99.99 (paper), ISBN 978-3-319-87963-5.
Reviewed by Dario Fazzi (Leiden University) Published on H-Italy (October, 2022) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Anthony J. Tamburri. The Columbus Affair: Imperatives for an Italian/American Agenda. New Fairfield: Casa Lago Press, 2021. 110 pp. $10.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-955995-00-9.
Reviewed by Francesco Landolfi (Università di Firenze) Published on H-Italy (August, 2022) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Luca Martera.
Harlem. Il film più censurato di sempre.
Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2021. 345 pp.; ill.
EUR 22.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-88-346-0501-1. 
Reviewed by Alessio Aletta (University of Toronto) Published on H-Italy (May, 2022) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Alberto Basciani, Egidio Ivetic, eds. Italia e Balcani: Storia di una prossimità. Bologna: Il mulino, 2021. 160 pp. EUR 16.00 (paper), ISBN 978-88-15-29225-4.
Reviewed by Stanislav Sretenovic (Institut za savremenu istoriju) Published on H-Italy (April, 2022) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57709
Colin Rose.
A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 264 pp.
$99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49806-7; $30.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-108-72692-4.
Wendy A. Pojmann.
Espresso: The Art and Soul of Italy (Saggistica).
New York: Bordighera Press, 2021. 132 pp.
$18.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-59954-168-6.
Richard N. Juliani. Little Italy in the Great War: Philadelphia's Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2020. 342 pp. $37.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4399-1878-4.
Reviewed by Claudio Staiti (University of San Marino) Published on H-Italy (December, 2021) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Patrick Karlsen, Luca G. Manenti.
"Si soffre ma si tace": Luigi Frausin, Natale Kolarič; Comunisti e resistenti.
Trieste: Istituto regionale per la storia della Resistenza e dell'Età contemporanea nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, 2020. 199 pp.
EUR 20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-88-98796-23-6.
Marco Mondini. Il Capo. La Grande Guerra del generale Luigi Cadorna. Bologna: il Mulino, 2019. 388 pp. $49.30 (paper), ISBN 978-88-15-27284-3.
Reviewed by Stefano Marcuzzi (European University Institute) Published on H-Italy (November, 2021) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57089
Kenneth R. Bartlett, Gillian C. Bartlett.
The Renaissance in Italy: A History.
Indianopolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2019. 416 pp.
$26.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-62466-818-0; $78.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-62466-819-7.
