Italy

Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubːlika itaˈljaːna]), is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it. Italy is located in Southern Europe, and is also considered part of Western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial enclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). …

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DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English

The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …

of the Con Mine brought immigrants from Germany, Italy, Sweden, and elsewhere. Anticipating development


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

the reach and impact of the disease. Images from Italy, where the disease had appeared in February 2020


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English

Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …

conductor Claudio Abbado, who suggested that she go to Italy o study with the Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi letters to Somers. She then spent a third year in Italy thanks to a scholarship from the Italian Ministry Therefore, if we take a long-range view of her time in Italy, her cor- respondence with Harry Somers took place prelude to the central activity of her time in Italy, the course with Petrassi at the Accademia Nazionale musically from his influence. The music she wrote in Italy in the early 1960s was highly influenced by the


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English

Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …

in countries like Azerbaijan, France, Georgia, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and here in Spain. Back eight, or ten siblings, Spain is now just behind Italy in having the second-lowest birth rate in Europe to Germany, six times to Spain, seven times to Italy, four times to France, twice to England, and twice


Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

The annual index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. …

(16th), Taiwan (19th), Korea (32nd), France (36th), Italy (51st), Mexico (65th), India (84th), Brazil (85th)


Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

The annual index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …

within a few years of each other by the King of Italy as a reward for their financial assistance in the military campaigns that led to the reunification of Italy under its rule. The mother of these two brothers velop their interest in the financial future of Italy and of France. In the mean- while, Midhat Pasha’s years that immediately followed the reunification of Italy in 1866 under the Crown of the reigning House of Paris, or London or of the Sephardic communities of Italy, Salonica, and Constantinople soon ceased, however


DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English

“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …

years that Dave was in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during the Second World War. “Every time I saw him


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to …

and recognition. Known as a “country of cities,” Italy is a unitary republic with a long history of municipal constitutional entrenchment of metropolitan cities in Italy is seen as an innovative step toward city empowerment


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate …

century, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.10 The Pendulum of Irrationality The book has three


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