Space, society and self in Siena, Italy: A study of community, identity and social change in small, southern European city

This study examines the Sienese contrada, how this system is able to maintain itself in the twenty-first century, and the reasons why such a system persists. What sets it apart from other works is my consideration of the contrade not as artifacts, but rather, as vital forms of social organization th...

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Main Author: Figliola, Arthur L
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2002
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3056224