Turin 1564-1680
Urban Design, Military Culture, and the Creation of the Absolutist Capital
416 pages, 145 halftones 6-5/8 x 9-3/8
©
1991
Cloth $75.00
ISBN: 9780226673424
Published October 1991
"The story of Turin's transformation is well told. . . . Pollak's account of the financial machinations of the Dukes in their efforts to acquire properties, and to pay for fortifications by taxing betterment on enclosed land, is one of the best parts of the book."—Simon Pepper, Times Literary Supplement
Awards
- ACHA/Howard R. Marraro Prize
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