1st Edition

Cultures of Identification in Napoleonic Italy, c.1800–1814

By Stefano Poggi Copyright 2024
204 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through the lens of identification procedures, this book examines how the processes of state-building affected European societies during the Napoleonic period. By focusing on the Kingdom of Italy, the author shows how the top-down change usually associated with Napoleonic state-building had to compete and share spaces with the agencies of other often-neglected actors such as local bureaucrats,... Read more

Introduction

 

Chapter 1: Imagining Identities: The Making of a Culture of Identification

 

Chapter 2: Policing Identities: Identity Documents in an Urban Context

 

Chapter 3: Identity Intermediaries: Civil Registration in the Department of the Adriatico

 

Chapter 4: Ambiguous Partners: The Clergy

 

Chapter 5: A Situational Use: The Population and the New Identification System

 

Chapter 6: An Active Indifference: The People and Civil Registration

 

Conclusion

Biography

Stefano Poggi is a research associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) of Vienna. After receiving his PhD from the European University Institute, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Padua. His research is mainly concerned with the history of state-building in the long nineteenth century, with a specific focus on social practices and identity issues.