9781643135380-1643135384-Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

ISBN-13: 9781643135380
ISBN-10: 1643135384
Edition: First Edition
Author: Meredith F. Small
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781643135380
ISBN-10: 1643135384
Edition: First Edition
Author: Meredith F. Small
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover 336 pages

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Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization (ISBN-13: 9781643135380 and ISBN-10: 1643135384), written by authors Meredith F. Small, was published by Pegasus Books in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Italy (European History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Italy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.55.

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An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions--from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency--shaped modernity.

How did a small, isolated city--with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday--come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves examines the the unique Venetian social structure that was key to their explosion of creativity and invention that ranged from the material to social. 

Whether it was boats or money, medicine or face cream, opera, semicolons, tiramisu or child-labor laws, these all originated in Venice and have shaped contemporary notions of institutions and conventions ever since. The foundation of how we now think about community, health care, money, consumerism, and globalization all sprung forth from the Laguna Veneta. 

But Venice is far from a historic relic or a life-sized museum.  It is a living city that still embraces its innovative roots.  As climate change effects sea-level rises, Venice is on the front lines of preserving its legacy and cultural history to inspire a new generation of innovators. 

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