The war of the fists

By Robert C. Davis Jr.

The War of the Fists is a study of seventeenth-century worker culture in the city of Venice, focusing on the mock battles, or battagliole, which the town's two popular factions waged on public brid...

The War Of The Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice

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Story and History

By Robert Davis

Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800

By Robert C. Davis Jr., Robert C. Davis

"In this book Robert C. Davis uses many new historical sources to re-examine one of the least understood forms of human bondage in modern times - the systematic enslavement of white, Christian Euro...

Drugs and the Community

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Renaissance People Lives That Shaped the Modern World. Robert C. Davis and Beth Lindsmith

By Robert C. Davis Jr.

Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. In this book, Robert Davis and Beth Lindsmith highlight dozens of notable lives from between 1400 and 1600. The Renaissance burst forth around 1...

Lives of the Renaissance

By Beth Lindsmith, Robert C. Davis Jr.

Venice, the tourist maze

By Robert C. Davis Jr.

Venice, the Tourist Maze

By Robert C. Davis

The Prevention of Crime: Social and Situational Strategies

By Arthur J. Lurigio, Robert C. Davis, Dennis P. Rosenbaum

This groundbreaking book presents a definitive look at the history of crime prevention strategies and policies in the United States. It analyzes the failures of American crime prevention techniques...