Between Salt Water and Holy Water: A History of Southern Italy
by Tommaso Astarita

The myriad influences that shaped modern civilization in the Mediterranean come together in southern Italy and Sicily--the region once known as the "Kingdom of the Two Sicilies." Italian culture as we now know it in the rest of the world--from opera to pizza--was born in the South. Yet negative images of its poverty, violence, superstition, and nearness to Africa fueled stereotypes of what was and was not acceptably "European." From the Normans and Angevins through Spanish and Bourbon rule to the unification of Italy, historian Tommaso Astarita explores the intellectual, religious, economic, and political history of this fascinating region.

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