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Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization book cover by Meredith F. Small
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Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

by Meredith F. Small

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Hardcover · 336 pages Pegasus Books · 2020

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Inventing the World

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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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Author
Meredith F. Small
Format
Hardcover
Published
Dec 1, 2020
ISBN-13
9781643135380
ISBN-10
1643135384
Pages
336
Carton quantity
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