Inventing the world : Venice and the transformation of Western civilization /

How did a small, isolated city, with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday, come to transform western civilization? Anthropologist Meredith Small examines the unique Venetian social structure that was key to their explosion of creativity and invention that ranged from the mate...

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Main Author:	Small, Meredith F. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pegasus Books, [2020]
Subjects:	Venice (Italy) > History. Venice (Italy) > Social conditions. Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs. Venice (Italy) > Civilization.