Cultures of Identification in Napoleonic Italy, C.1800-1814

Through the lens of identification procedures, this book examines how the processes of state-building affected European societies during the Napoleonic period.

Stefano Poggi is a research associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences of Vienna. After receiving his PhD from the European University Institute, he was a post-doc researcher at the University of Padua. His research is mainly concerned with the history of state-building in the long nineteenth century, with a specific focus on social practices and identity issues.