The invention of Sicily : a Mediterranean history / Jamie Mackay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackay, Jamie, 1990- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sicily (Italy)--History.

Sicily (Italy).

Italy--Sicily.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 296 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2021.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Utopian Fragments

1. The Liquid Continent (800 Bc

826 Ad)

The Colonies of Magna Graecia, Hellenistic Culture, Roman-Byzantine Occupations

2. The Polyglot Kingdom (826

1182)

Life in the Emirate, Norman Conquest, Hybrid Architecture

3. The Anti-Christ Of Palermo (1182

1347)

An Emperor-King, the `Peaceful Crusade', Sicily's War of Independence

4. A Silent Scream (1347

1693)

Black Death, the Spanish Inquisition, Spells and Incantations

pt. II The Hypocrisies of Nationalism

5. Decadence And Parlour Games (1693

1860)

Baroque Towns, Legendary Bandits, Folk Politics

6. A Revolution Betrayed (1860

1891)

Italian Unification, the Origins of the Mafia, the Paradoxes of Liberalism

7. A Modernist Dystopia (1891

1943)

Political Corruption, Fascism and Futurism, a Colonial Administration

8. The Return Of The Mafia (1943

2013)

The American Connection, Concrete Cathedrals, Bunga Bunga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mackay, Jamie Alexander Calum, 1990- Invention of Sicily

ISBN:

9781786637734

1786637731

OCLC:

1246675573