The art of the network: strategic interaction and patronage in Renaissance Florence

The principles of networking as a social process -- The rhetoric and design of Florentine letter writing -- The socially contested concept of honor -- What gets said when in patronage letters -- The dynamics of office seeking -- Friends of friends : raccomandazione as rhetoric and as constitutive pr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLean, Paul Douglas 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] Duke University Press c2007
Series:Politics, history, and culture
Subjects:
Summary:The principles of networking as a social process -- The rhetoric and design of Florentine letter writing -- The socially contested concept of honor -- What gets said when in patronage letters -- The dynamics of office seeking -- Friends of friends : raccomandazione as rhetoric and as constitutive principle -- Patronage and the stalled transformation of the state -- "Servants and slaves in everything and for everything" : Renaissance networking and the emergent modern self? -- Conclusion: Culture and the network
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index
Physical Description:xv, 288 p ill 25 cm
ISBN:9780822390367
0822390361

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection!