Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)
A little gem, superbly crafted and well-written... Davis has certainly achieved his aim in describing and explaining the Venetian Arsenal and its workers with a competency that makes it well worth the price.(Northern Mariner)This is social history at its best and an important, original contribution to the history of Venice. Not only does it shed much new light on a large segment of the Venetian working class, but it also adds to our understanding of the Venetian system of government's legendary stability and shrewd management of potentially disruptive forces.(Journal of Economic History)Davis skillfully describes thearsenalottiand their world, using a wealth of manuscript and secondary materials.(Sixteenth Century Journal)