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Politics of the sword : dueling, honor, and masculinity in modern Italy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Steven C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2007]
Series:History of crime and criminal justice series.
Subjects:
Dueling > Political aspects > Italy > History.
Fencing > Political aspects > Italy > History.
Nationalism > Italy > History.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • From primacy to paucity
  • Risorgimento del duello--duello del risorgimento
  • Honor and the nation
  • A plague of duels (1860-1914) : dueling and elites
  • Institutions of honor and the search for legal sanction
  • The great dueling debate
  • The duel and fascism.