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RED CLOTHBOUND HARDCOVER- PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS-1970-THIS TRANSLATION BASED ON THE 6TH EDITION-1965-WRITTEN BY BENEDETTO CROCE

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Benedetto Croce was an Italian historian, politician, and, above all, a philosopher.

I read his book on the History of the Kingdom of Naples to better understand south Italy. It is evident that he made great effort to gather his references and his presentation is well-organized and very scholarly. What made the book a pleasure to read, and brought great admiration for Croce, is how he writes history with a human focus.

While other historians often write by covering the grand elements such as battles, social changes and economic development, Croce looks at all these aspects as products of human…

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