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List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction: Florence, Capital of the Kingdom of Italy, Monika Poettinger (Bocconi University, Italy) Part I: Culture and Politics 1. A New Capital for Italy: Politics and Culture, Cosimo Ceccuti (University of Florence, Italy) 2. A Capital of Culture, Sergio Caruso (University of Florence, Italy) 3. Bettino Ricasoli: Economic Policy or House Management?, Piero Roggi (University of Florence, Italy) 4. Bettino Ricasoli and the Sunset of Moderate Hegemony, Daniele Bronzuoli (University of Siena, Italy) 5. Activist Literary Culture in Florence (1865-1871), Gino Tellini (University of Florence, Italy) 6. Science and Florence's Ruling Class - Fabio Bertini (University of Florence, Italy) 7. The Technical Institute of Florence at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867, Paolo Brenni, Laura Faustini, Elena Mechi (Science and Technology Foundation, Italy) Part II: A Stroll Around Florence Capital of Italy 8. Popular Life in the Streets of Florence, Zeffiro Ciuffoletti and Maria Grazia Proli (University of Florence, Italy) 9. A Stroll around Florence: Places of Power, Places of Pleasure, Maria Carla Monaco (Independent Scholar, Italy) Part III: Economy and Society 10. An Economy Stuck at the Crossroads to Modernity, Andrea Giuntini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) 11. Florentine, Italian and Foreign Entrepreneurs in the Urban Renovation of Florence, Daniela Manetti (University of Pisa, Italy) 12. Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in Tuscany, Monika Poettinger (Bocconi University, Italy) 13. Food Availability and Consumption Patterns in Florence and Tuscany after Italy's Unification, Francesco Ammannati (Bocconi University, Italy) 14. Banks and Capitalists in Florence in the Decades after Unification, Marco Cini (University of Pisa, Italy) and Simone Fagioli (Italian Association of Archivists, Italy) 15. Straw Hats: The Invisible Work of Women behind the International Image of Florence, Monica Pacini (University of Florence, Italy) Bibliography Index

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