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Through the correspondence between Michele Amari (1806-1889) and Raffaele Starrabba (1834-1906), the volume provides a glimpse of the historiographical panorama of the Italian nineteenth century in the crucial period that followed the birth of the Nation. The correspondence also illuminates the figure of Baron Starrabba, who played a fundamental role in the local archival administration and was the founder, with Isidoro Carini, of the Sicilian Society for the History and of its periodical, the "Archivio Storico Siciliano".

Raffaele Starrabba --- Letters --- Arabistic --- Michele Amari --- History --- Medieval History --- Palermo --- Sicily --- Erudition --- Historiography --- Nineteenth Century --- Archives --- Archivistic --- Correspondance

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This volume of the Documentary History of the Jews in Italy is the sixth volume of the second series, illustrating the history of the Jews in Sicily based on notarial and court records. It is the sequel to the eight volumes of the first series. Notarial deeds drawn up by public notaries in Palermo and elsewhere and cases brought before the Pretorian Court in Palermo present a kaleidoscopic picture of the private lives of the Jews of Sicily during the last three centuries of their presence on the island. They illustrate the economic, social, and religious history of the Jewish minority and the relations with the Christian majority. Much information is provided on trade and commerce, crafts and professions, religious and family life. Some light is thrown also on the internal life of the communities, particularly the larger ones, including organization and institutions, the synagogue, education, customs, and traditions. Although the surviving legal deeds present only a fraction of the total drawn up in those years, they are copious and abundant. Over 30,000 documents of this group were selected for publication, most appearing here for the first time. While some documents are discussed at length, the majority are only presented in summary form. The volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction will appear at the end of the series.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Sicily (Italy) --- History --- Cairo Genizah. --- Notaries --- Palermo (Italy) --- aTrapani (Italy) --- Ethnic relations

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Cultural warfare and trust: fighting the Mafia in Palermo concentrates on a central issue in research on democratic processes: the development of generalised trust. The existence of generalised trust and confidence in a society is decisive for economic development and an effective democracy. Is it possible to fight persistent values of distrust and non-cooperation? Is it possible to support the development of generalised trust through public action and education?The book addresses these questions by examining political efforts to combat Palermo's Mafia-controlled heritage and to turn a tradition

Social capital (Sociology) --- Mafia --- Trust. --- Cooperation --- Civil society --- Education --- Social aspects --- Palermo (Italy) --- Politics and government. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Social contract --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative movement --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Economics --- Profit-sharing --- Trust (Psychology) --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Sociology --- PALERMO -- 301.188.8 --- ITALY -- 301.188.8 --- Mafia. --- Palermo. --- civic education. --- democracy. --- distrust. --- economic development. --- generalised trust. --- non-cooperation. --- public action. --- social capital.

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Palermo is a city characterised by illegality, criminal or otherwise, and by significant institutional mismanagement: clientelism on the part of local government and weak and inefficient public services. This essay, which addresses planning and management in the city of Palermo since the end of the Second World War, reveals the complexities of the mechanisms at work in the urban area which are responsible for the deterioration of the territory and the living conditions of the city’s inhabitants. The author establishes links between two areas of research.The first deals with the political culture of local government: a culture based on practice, traditions and performance, but also on links with the territory, the citizens and the common good.The second involves the policies implemented by these same authorities and the techniques of government to which they resort. The study uses a global approach to analyse the day-to-day reality of the city as well as its major developments. The conduct of the public authorities is addressed in relation to urban planning policies and, more generally, urban services (water, waste disposal) and the different interventions which shape the territory. Providing an important contribution to our understanding of the realities of contemporary Italy and the Mezzogiorno in particular, the volume provides keys for reading a city which amazes and bewilders visitors. Beyond that, this essay uses the case of Palermo to identify avenues for researching a model of local government in Southern Italy.

Political corruption --- Urban policy --- Politics and government --- Italy--Palermo --- Cities and state --- Urban problems --- City and town life --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Sociology, Urban --- City planning --- Urban renewal --- Boss rule --- Corruption (in politics) --- Graft in politics --- Malversation --- Political scandals --- Politics, Practical --- Corruption --- Misconduct in office --- Corrupt practices --- mafia --- illégalité --- aménagement urbain --- territoire urbain

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This book offers a cross-disciplinary approach to pain and suffering in the early modern period, based on research in the fields of literary studies, art history, theatre studies, cultural history and the study of emotions. The volume's two-fold approach to the hurt body, defining 'hurt' from the perspectives of both victim and beholder - as well as their combined creation of a gaze - is unique. It establishes a double perspective about the riddle of 'cruel' viewing by tracking the shifting cultural meanings of victims' bodies, and confronting them to the values of audiences, religious and popular institutional settings and practices of punishment. It encompasses both the victim's presence as an image or performed event of pain and the conundrum of the look - the transmitted 'pain' experienced by the watching audience.

Acting --- Pain in literature --- Pain in art --- Emotions --- Art dramatique --- Douleur dans la littérature --- Douleur dans l'art --- Psychological aspects --- Research --- Aspect psychologique --- Recherche --- Pain in the performing arts. --- Performing arts --- Pain in literature. --- Literature, Modern --- History --- History and criticism --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- History and criticism. --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Douleur dans la littérature --- Research. --- Pain in the performing arts --- Philosophical anthropology --- Art --- 1600-1799 --- Dutch stock trade. --- French tragedy. --- Irish Rebellion. --- Palermo's executions. --- colonial massacres. --- dramatic cruelty. --- early modern colonial body. --- epicurean tastes. --- female gaze. --- hurt(ful) body. --- infanticide. --- masochism. --- painful excitements. --- religious massacres. --- suffering. --- theatrical torture. --- wounding realities.