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| Preface | |
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| How to use this book | |
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| Il bel paese | |
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| Torino: A children's poem devoted to Turin | |
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| Il Touring Club Italiano: Advertising a tour of Sicily | |
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| Trieste (I): An early-twentieth-century poem about Trieste | |
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| Trieste (II): An excerpt from a recent best-seller | |
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| L'agriturismo: Vacationing at an agrotourism inn in Tuscany | |
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| Slow food | |
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| L'Arcigola: Manifesto of the Slow Food Movement | |
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| Il mangiarbene: A culinary report on a restaurant in Piedmont | |
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| Il buon vino fa buon sangue: Italian wine profiles | |
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| I vini di origine controllata: D.O.C. wine nomenclature | |
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| La scienza in cocina e l'arte di mangiar bene: Recipes from the 1891 classic by Pellegrino Artusi | |
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| La moda e il design | |
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| Kartell: Web site of a furniture manufacturer | |
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| Tensione e compressione: The famous designer Bruno Munari | |
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| Io speriamo che me la cavo: A Neapolitan student's essay on home life | |
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| Ville, villette, villone: An excerpt from a novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda | |
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| La moda italiana: A news report on Italian fashion at the Paris shows | |
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| Costume e societa | |
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| Il male di vivere: A feature article on anorexia in laRepubblica | |
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| La moda maschile: A tongue-in-cheek article on male fashion | |
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| Il problema demografico: Demographic trends in Italy | |
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| Il calcio: The soccer scene in Italy | |
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| La beatificazione: The recent canonization of a Capuchin monk | |
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| La scuola | |
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| Cuore: The classic children's book from 1886 | |
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| La maturita: The nationwide test for Italy's nineteen-year-olds | |
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| La matematica in rima: Poems to help children learn math and the seasons | |
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| La gatta: A story written by elementary school children | |
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| Lessico famigliare | |
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| Una citta famigliare: A poem treating Turin as extended family | |
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| Lessico famigliare: Growing up in a Jewish family between the wars | |
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| Famiglia cristiana: Personal advice from a Christian magazine | |
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| Va' dove ti porta il cuore: An old love affair revealed to a granddaughter | |
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| Sebben che siamo donne... | |
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| La Lega: A solidarity song of women workers in the Po Valley | |
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| Mamma: A popular 1940 song on the mother-son relationship | |
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| Donna in guerra: The feminist awakening of a young married woman | |
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| Le donne e la politica: An article on women's representation in Parliament | |
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| Il femminismo: Italian feminist declarations from the 1970s | |
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| Lamerica | |
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| Americano sono: The return of a novel's protagonist to Sicily | |
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| Gagliano: An excerpt from Christ stopped at Eboli | |
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| La luna e i falo: Comparing Piedmont with California | |
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| Il Dio d'America: A view of the political role of religion in the United States | |
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| Cincinnati, Ohio: An excerpt from Hymn to a wandering Italy | |
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| Suggestions for further reading | |
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| Answer key | |