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Title: Insight Guides Italy (Insight Guides) by Hans Hofer, Katherine Barrett, Dorothy Stannard, Insight Guides, Brian Bell, Ansight Guides ISBN: 0-395-69969-X Publisher: APA Productions Pub. Date: May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great complement to a more practical Italy guidebook
Comment: It would be a pity for anyone to travel to Italy - or any other country - without having a handy informative resource on the rich history and culture of the country.
If your travelling style involves much more than racing through monuments and ticking off the standard "must see" list, because you seek to more deeply understand the present by looking at the past, this might be the perfect handy companion to complement a more practical travel guidebook.
More than one-quarter of the 400-plus pages are devoted to the history of Italy, with well written sections in Ancient Rome, the Renaissance, and the emergence of the modern Italian state in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There are also superb featured sections on topics such as the Mafia, Italian fashion, and Italian cinema. These discussions are very compact. While not substituting for in-depth analysis on these topics, they constitute an excellent survey of different phases of contemporary and ancient history of Italy.
These are the main strengths of this book. It is a wonderful resource to consult while travelling after you have visited a monument, or as you reflect on the rich series of events and forces which have shaped the arts, political life, and institutions of this country.
Travellers who mainly want a helpful guide on planning travel to Italy and practical information such as museum visiting hours, best driving routes, where to find the best gelattos, etc. will find other travel guides more complete on these topics. You may think about using this book as a complement to one of these more practical guides.
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Title: Insight Guide France (INSIGHT GUIDES FRANCE) by Fiona Duncan ISBN: 1585732915 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Insight Guide Spain (Spain, 8th Ed) by Helen Parlington ISBN: 1585732982 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Italy 2004 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566915333 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Insight Guide Germany (Germany, 2002) by Tony Halliday ISBN: 1585732923 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Insight Guide Paris (Paris, 9th Ed) by Radola Scott, Insight Guides ISBN: 088729443X Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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