The invention of Sicily : a Mediterranean history / Jamie Mackay.
| Author/creator |
Mackay, Jamie, 1990- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Verso, 2021. |
| Copyright Notice | ̐u2021 |
| Description | vi, 296 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
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| Contents | The liquid continent (800 BC-826 AD) : the colonies of Magna Graecia, Hellenistic culture, Roman-Byzantine occupations -- The polyglot kingdom (826-1182) : life in the Emirate, Norman conquest, hybrid architecture -- The anti-Christ of Palermo (1182-1347) : an emperor-king, the 'peaceful crusade', Sicily's war of independence -- A silent scream (1347-1693) : black death, the Spanish Inquisition, spells and incantations -- Decadence and parlous games (1693-1860) : Baroque towns, legendary bandits, folk politics -- A revolution betrayed (1860-1891) : Italian unification, the origins of the mafia, the paradoxes of liberalism -- A modernist dystopia (1891-1943) : political corruption, fascism and futurism, a colonial administration -- The return of the mafia (1943-2013) : the American connection, concrete cathedrals, bunga bunga -- Epilogue : 'they are our salvation' (2013-present) |
| Abstract | "In this riveting, rich history, Jamie Mackay peels away the layers of this most mysterious of islands. It is a story with its origins in ancient legend that has reinvented itself across centuries: in conquest and resistance. Inseparable from these political and social developments is the nation's cultural patrimony"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Mackay, Jamie Alexander Calum, 1990- Invention of Sicily London ; New York : Verso, 2021 9781786637765 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021017521 |
| ISBN | 9781786637734 |
| ISBN | 1786637731 (hardback) |
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