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Texts

Christopher Hibbert, Rome, the Biography of a City, (Penguin, 1985) $18.86. The story of Rome from Romulus and Remus, down through the Caesars, the middle ages, the Counter-Reformation, the risorgimento or unification of Italy, and the Mussolini era. An appendix describes in some detail the various monuments mentioned in the text. Thus, it serves as a guidebook as well as a history.

Will Durant, The Renaissance (Simon & Schuster, 1953) Though out of print, this title is easily and inexpensively available through amazon.com. Only chapters 1 - 3, the Florentine Renaissance, are assigned, but the whole book is good reading. Buy early and read before leaving. This book is too heavy to carry with you.

Shirley Baldwin and Sarah Boas, Conversational Italian in Seven Days (McGraw-Hill NTC, 1991) We will work regularly on Italian during the first week.

A Reading packet on Velia and the Cilento put together for the course.

For particular sites, the following are highly recommended:

Gene Brucker, Florence, the Golden Age, 1138- 1737 (University of California, 1998) $24.46. A magnificent book with a good brief chronological survey and colorful chapters on "The Economy" and "A School of Self Government".

Christopher Hibbert, Florence, the Biography of a City, similar to Hibbert's book on Rome. Unfortunately, appears to be out of print.

From the Industrial Revolution to the Present

Rondo Cameron, A Concise Economic History of the World, 3rd Ed. (Oxford, 1997) $39.95,
Despite the title, the emphasis is on Europe. The account of the economic disaster after
WW I is particularly well told and important.

Spencer M. Di Scala, Italy, From Revolution to Republic, 1700 to the Present (Westview, 2nd ed. 1998) A lively general history.

Derek Beales and Eugenio Biagini, The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy (Longman, 2003)
In 1830, the Italian peninsula was divided into numerous autocratic states. The national movement
that led to the unification of the nation in 1860 and 1870 is one of the most intriguing political
operations of recent centuries.

Dennis Mack Smith, Modern Italy (University of Michigan Press, 1997)
Political history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present.

Vera Zamagni Dalla rivoluzione industriale all intergazione Europea (Il Mulino, Bologna, 1999)
Available also in Spanish

Carlo M. Cipolla, Storia facile della economia italiana dal medioevo a oggi (Mondadori, 1995)

Richard Baldwin and Charles Wyplosz, The Economics of European Integration (McGraw-Hill
Education, 2003) An excellent economic textbook analysis of a number of European Union
issues such as the Common Agricultural Policy and the creation of the euro.

Michelle Cini, ed. European Union Politics (Oxford, 2003)
Polical issues involved in uniting Europe from 1945 to present as seen by twenty political
scientists.

Medieval and Early Modern Europe

The great -- and highly readable -- classics of late medieval and renaissance Florence include
Dante Aligheri, The Divine Comedy
Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Artists
They are available in a number of translations and editions and make excellent and easy projects. In recent years, the I Tatti Renaissance Library of Harvard University Press has made available many other major works of the period with original text and translation on facing pages. Particularly important is the Platonic Theology of Marsillio Ficino.

Modern works

Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000 - 1700 (Norton, 1993, Italian original, 1976)

Edwin S. Hunt and James M. Murray, A History of Business in Medieval Europe 1250 - 1550 (Cambridge, 1999)

Lynn White Medieval Technology and Social Change (Oxford, 1962)

Ross King, Brunelleschi's Dome (Walker, 2000)

Richard A. Goldthwaite, The Building of Renaissance Florence, An Economic and Social History (Johns Hopkins, 1980)

A. Richard Turner, Renaissance Florence, (Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1997) $13.27
A well-illustrated art history.

Christopher Hibbert, House of Medici, $11.20

Edgar Wind, Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance (W.W. Norton, 1969)

Alan Cutler, The Seashell on the Mountaintop (Dutton, 2003)
The story of Nicholas Steno, part of the Medici entourage, anatomist, saint, and originator of the modern understanding of what fossils tell us. A fascinating glimpse of the intellectual life of 17th century Florence.

Philippe Contamine, Marc Bompaire, Stéphane Lebecq, Jean-Luc Sarazin, L'économie mediévale (Armand Colin, 1993, 1997)

Paolo Malanima, Economia preindustriale: Mille anni dal IX al XVIII secolo

Renata Ago, Economia Barocca, Mercato e istituzioni nella Roma del Seicento (Donzelli 1998)

The Ancient World

Though we will mostly be in Roman territory, we begin in a Greek city and see Greek theaters and temples. Moreover, the Greek influence on the Romans was enormous, so projects on Greek topics are welcome.

Ancient authors:

Herodotus, The Histories,
The "father of history" recounts in book I the story of the founding of Elea = Velia, where
we begin our visit. Extremely popular in antiquity, these accounts convey the thinking and oulook of the typical Greek at the highpoint of Greek achievement.

Thucidides, The Peloponnesian War.
The first analytical historian studies the conflict between Athens and Sparta and their allies
which tore apart the Greek world.

Polybius, Rise of the Roman Empire.
A Greek hostage who became well-acquainted with Roman leaders tells of the successes of the Romans and ponders why they succeeded where the Greeks did not.

Vetruvius, Ten Books on Architecture (Cambridge University Press, Rowland and Howe, Ed., 2001.) Vetruvius was an architect of the Augustan age and provides all manner of insights into the thinking of builders who produced the structures we still admire.

Reginald E. Allen, Greek Philosophy, Thales to Aristotle (Free Press, 1991)

Jason L. Saunders, Greek and Roman Philosophy after Aristotle (Free Press, 1966)

Modern authors

M.M. Austin and P. Vidal-Naquet Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece (University of California Press, 2nd Ed. 1973)

Fernand Braudel, Memory and the Mediterranean (Knopf, 2001) $21 (All prices from amazon.com)

Marshall Clagett. Greek Science in Antiquity (Dover reprint, 2001)

Jakob Klein, Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (Dover reprint)
Not easy.

Sherman Stein, Archimedes, What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?
Stein explains the ten most significant results of the Greek mathematician Archimedes who, like Parmenides, lived in the Greek colonies. The book is accessible �to anyone who recognizes the equation of a parabola.� I loved the book.

M.M. Austin and P. Vidal-Naquet Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece (University of California Press, 2nd Ed. 1973)

Mikhail Rostovtzeff, The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire

______________, The Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World

These two masterpieces of the 1920's and 1930's, respectively, created the subject of social and economic history of the classical world.

Moses I. Finley, The Ancient Economy (University of California, 2nd , updated edition 1999)
Probably the most influential work today, this book attacks many of the theses of Rostovtzeff.

David J. Mattingly and John Salmon, ed. Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World (Routledge, 2001) Archeological evidence from many sources suggests considerable oversimplification by Finley and to some extent a revival of Rostovtzeff.

Jean Andreau, Banking and Business in the Roman World (Cambridge, 1999)

Richard Duncan-Jones, The Economy of the Roman Empire (Cambridge, 2nd ed., 1982)

____, Money and Government in the Roman Empire (Cambridge, 1994)

Wilhemina F. Jashemski The gardens of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius 2 vols. (New York, Caratzas Bros., 1979-93) This book by a University of Maryland professor of history created the field of garden and horticultural archeology and introduced many new techniques. The first pages of volume 1 (unfortunately out-of-print) are a fine introduction to Pompeii.

______, A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants (University of Texas Press, 1999) A beautiful and delightful book about ancient and modern uses of plants in the area we will visit.

_____ and Frederick G. Meyer, The Natural History of Pompeii (Cambridge University Press, 2002) A monumental, collective work that brings together contributions from many specialists inspired the work of its editor.

Patrick Bowe, Gardens of the Roman World (Getty Trust)

Paul Zanker, Pompeii, Public and Private Life (Harvard, 1998)

Frances Bernstein, Classical Living, Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome
(Harper SanFrancisco, 2000)

Raburn Taylor, Roman Builders, A Study in Architectural Process (Cambridge University Press, 2003) A modern look at not only the finished product but also construction methods.

A. Trevor Hodge, Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply (Duckwork, 2002)

Harmard, Louis Société et économie de la république romaine (Armand Colin, 1976, 1993) Companion volume to text by Austin and Vidal-Naquet; also a good selection of texts.

Etienne, Robert La vie quotidienne à Pompei Also available in Italian.

Thomas Pekáry, Storia Economica del Mondo Antico (il Mulino, 1986) An Italian translation of Die Wirtschaft der griechisch-römischen Antike (Franz Steiner, 1979) By far the best introductory account of the ancient economy. Succinct, to the point, but also vivid.