"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
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Release
October 08, 1991
ISBN
0226673421
ISBN 13
9780226673424
Turin 1564-1680: Urban Design, Military Culture, and the Creation of the Absolutist Capital
"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