Venice : history of the floating city /
Ferraro, Joanne Marie,1951-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.
Preface -- Chronology of historical events -- 1. Reconstructing the floating city -- 2. The riches of Asia, Europe, and North Africa -- 3. A pride of lions --  4. Identities and modes of socialization -- 5. Material life -- 6. City of myth -- 7. The Serenissima's wayward subjects -- 8. The baroque stage -- 9. Epilogue: the tides of change -- Appendix I. Approximate population of Venice during the Republic -- Appdendix II. Population of the historic center of Venice, 1871-2010.