Author: Matthew Spender
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780140178388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In an informative and entertaining book, sculptor Matthew Spender takes readers on a captivating tour of his adopted homeland, Tuscany--a region unsurpassed in a richness of history, artistry, and culture. "A rare delight".--The Boston Globe. Photographs.
Within Tuscany
Author: Matthew Spender
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780140178388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In an informative and entertaining book, sculptor Matthew Spender takes readers on a captivating tour of his adopted homeland, Tuscany--a region unsurpassed in a richness of history, artistry, and culture. "A rare delight".--The Boston Globe. Photographs.
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780140178388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In an informative and entertaining book, sculptor Matthew Spender takes readers on a captivating tour of his adopted homeland, Tuscany--a region unsurpassed in a richness of history, artistry, and culture. "A rare delight".--The Boston Globe. Photographs.
A Vineyard in Tuscany
Author: Ferenc Maté
Publisher: Albatross
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this intimate and uproarious story, two daring New Yorkers convert an ancient, abandoned farm into a world-renowned winery.
Publisher: Albatross
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this intimate and uproarious story, two daring New Yorkers convert an ancient, abandoned farm into a world-renowned winery.
Not in a Tuscan Villa
Author: John Petralia
Publisher: Chartiers Creek Press
ISBN: 9780615762531
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Newly retired and looking for more than a vacation, John and Nancy Petralia intrepidly pack a few suitcases and head to the "perfect" Italian city for a year. Within days their dream becomes a nightmare. After residing in two Italian cities, negotiating the roads and health care, discovering art, friends, food and customs, the Petralias learn more than they anticipate -- about Italy, themselves, what it means to be American, and what's important in life.
Publisher: Chartiers Creek Press
ISBN: 9780615762531
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Newly retired and looking for more than a vacation, John and Nancy Petralia intrepidly pack a few suitcases and head to the "perfect" Italian city for a year. Within days their dream becomes a nightmare. After residing in two Italian cities, negotiating the roads and health care, discovering art, friends, food and customs, the Petralias learn more than they anticipate -- about Italy, themselves, what it means to be American, and what's important in life.
At Least You're in Tuscany
Author: Jennifer Criswell
Publisher: Gemelli Press LLC
ISBN: 9780982102374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Criswell's move from New York City to Tuscany was not supposed to go like this. She had envisioned lazy mornings sipping espresso while penning a bestselling novel and jovial group dinners, just like in the movies and books about expatriate life in Italy. Then she met reality: no work, constant struggles with Italian bureaucracy to claim citizenship, and becoming the talk of the town after her torrid affair with a local fruit vendor.
Publisher: Gemelli Press LLC
ISBN: 9780982102374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Criswell's move from New York City to Tuscany was not supposed to go like this. She had envisioned lazy mornings sipping espresso while penning a bestselling novel and jovial group dinners, just like in the movies and books about expatriate life in Italy. Then she met reality: no work, constant struggles with Italian bureaucracy to claim citizenship, and becoming the talk of the town after her torrid affair with a local fruit vendor.
Americans in Tuscany
Author: Catherine Trundle
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782383700
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social exclusion, unfamiliar family relations, and new cultural terrain, many women struggle to build local lives. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. This book traces women’s daily acts of charity as they gave food to the poor, fundraised among the wealthy, monitored untrustworthy recipients, assessed the needy, and reflected on the emotional work that charity required. In exploring the often-ignored role of charitable action in migrant community formation, Trundle contributes to anthropological theories of gift giving, compassion, and reflexivity.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782383700
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social exclusion, unfamiliar family relations, and new cultural terrain, many women struggle to build local lives. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. This book traces women’s daily acts of charity as they gave food to the poor, fundraised among the wealthy, monitored untrustworthy recipients, assessed the needy, and reflected on the emotional work that charity required. In exploring the often-ignored role of charitable action in migrant community formation, Trundle contributes to anthropological theories of gift giving, compassion, and reflexivity.
Life in Tuscany
Author: Mabel Sharman Crawford
Publisher: London : Smith, Elder
ISBN:
Category : Tuscany (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: London : Smith, Elder
ISBN:
Category : Tuscany (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria
Author: James Lasdun
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141009001
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This book, now thoroughly revised and updated, is written to satisfy readers who want to build their holiday around walking, or those who simply want to integrate a bit of walking into their holiday. It begins with a "practicalities" section and extend into the walks themselves. From six or so "base towns," the authors offer routes of one or two hours, half day, and one, three, and five days. There are also some extraordinary walks worth going out of the way for. There are recommendations for restaurants, trattorias and pizzerias, as well as markets and other take-away options. Additionally, the book includes suggestions for lodging, transportation, flora and many other points of interest.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141009001
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This book, now thoroughly revised and updated, is written to satisfy readers who want to build their holiday around walking, or those who simply want to integrate a bit of walking into their holiday. It begins with a "practicalities" section and extend into the walks themselves. From six or so "base towns," the authors offer routes of one or two hours, half day, and one, three, and five days. There are also some extraordinary walks worth going out of the way for. There are recommendations for restaurants, trattorias and pizzerias, as well as markets and other take-away options. Additionally, the book includes suggestions for lodging, transportation, flora and many other points of interest.
Scenes and Shrines in Tuscany
Author: Dorothy Nevile Lees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shrines
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shrines
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany, 1919-22
Author: Frank Snowden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521528665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This 1989 book is a detailed study of the social origins of the fascist reaction in Tuscany, which played a key role in the rise of Italian fascism to power. Tuscan fascism was second to none in its violence, organisational strength, intransigence and missionary zeal. The central question is who supported fascism, and why. To what extent did Tuscany, a major agricultural region, conform to national patterns? What are the implications of the pattern of support for fascism in Tuscany for the wider interpretation of the movement? Dr Snowden offers a thematic approach, discussing in turn agrarian fascism, industrial and urban activity, and relations between the black-shirts and state officials. Thus the significance of the fascist militancy of particular social groups and classes can be assessed for the period between the mass strikes in 1919 and the end of labour militancy marked by the beginning of the fascist dictatorship.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521528665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This 1989 book is a detailed study of the social origins of the fascist reaction in Tuscany, which played a key role in the rise of Italian fascism to power. Tuscan fascism was second to none in its violence, organisational strength, intransigence and missionary zeal. The central question is who supported fascism, and why. To what extent did Tuscany, a major agricultural region, conform to national patterns? What are the implications of the pattern of support for fascism in Tuscany for the wider interpretation of the movement? Dr Snowden offers a thematic approach, discussing in turn agrarian fascism, industrial and urban activity, and relations between the black-shirts and state officials. Thus the significance of the fascist militancy of particular social groups and classes can be assessed for the period between the mass strikes in 1919 and the end of labour militancy marked by the beginning of the fascist dictatorship.
A Year In TUSCANY
Author: Barbara Athanassiadis
Publisher: AA Publishing
ISBN: 0992117410
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Publisher: AA Publishing
ISBN: 0992117410
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description