Lorenzo Arnone Sipari
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Lorenzo Arnone Sipari is an Italian
nature writer and historian
, author of many studies on the social
and environmental history
, especially on the origins and foundation of Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo
. He graduated at University of Cassino
, with whom he published historical essays, particularly on the issues of the middle class
of southern Italy between the 19th and 20th centuries and on the birth and development of the Rotary Club of Frosinone
, Fiuggi
and Cassino
.
Since 1998 he conducts historical research on the nature conservation in Italy, publishing essays on the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo. On this issue, in 2011 he brought together in a volume the main articles, reports and letters of Erminio Sipari
, member
of the Parliament and also founder and first president of the first Italian Park.
An important part of his research has been devoted to the life and work of Benedetto Croce
, with particular reference to its background and to its historical method
ology.
Italy
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nature writer and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, author of many studies on the social
Social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a branch of History that includes history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments...
and environmental history
Environmental history
Environmental history, a branch of historiography, is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time. In contrast to other historical disciplines, it emphasizes the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs. Environmental historians study how humans both shape their...
, especially on the origins and foundation of Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo
Biography
He was born in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. He graduated at University of Cassino
University of Cassino
The University of Cassino is a university located in Cassino, Italy. It was established in 1979.-Organization:The University of Cassino comprises faculties in the fields of Economics, Engineering, Humanities , Law and Human Movement Sciences-External links:...
, with whom he published historical essays, particularly on the issues of the middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
of southern Italy between the 19th and 20th centuries and on the birth and development of the Rotary Club of Frosinone
Frosinone
Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
, Fiuggi
Fiuggi
Fiuggi is a comune in the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio in central Italy.-History:Fiuggi, originally called Anticoli di Campagna, gained fame as early as the 14th century, when Pope Boniface VIII claimed his kidney stones had been healed by the mineral waters from the nearby Fiuggi...
and Cassino
Cassino
Cassino is a comune in the province of Frosinone, Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio.Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Rapido and Liri rivers...
.
Since 1998 he conducts historical research on the nature conservation in Italy, publishing essays on the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo. On this issue, in 2011 he brought together in a volume the main articles, reports and letters of Erminio Sipari
Erminio Sipari
Erminio Sipari was an Italian politician and naturalist, author of studies on the preservation of nature and founder of Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, which he chaired from 1922 to 1933.-Biography:...
, member
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
of the Parliament and also founder and first president of the first Italian Park.
An important part of his research has been devoted to the life and work of Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, and occasionally also politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, methodology of history writing and aesthetics, and was a prominent liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade...
, with particular reference to its background and to its historical method
Historical method
Historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write histories in the form of accounts of the past. The question of the nature, and even the possibility, of a sound historical method is raised in the...
ology.
Social history
- Famiglia, patrimonio, potere locale: i Sipari in Terra di Lavoro nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento, in S. Casmirri (ed.), Le élites italiane prima e dopo l'unità: formazione e vita civile, MinturnoMinturnoMinturno is a city and comune in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris , with a suburb on the opposite bank c...
2000: 216-265. - L'archivio e la biblioteca della Società operaia di mutuo soccorso di Sora, ed. by L. Alonzi, Soveria MannelliSoveria MannelliSoveria Mannelli is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Geography:The town is bordered by Bianchi , Carlopoli, Colosimi, Decollatura, Gimigliano, Pedivigliano.-History:...
2001. - Élite locale e infrastrutture: il caso della ferrovia Cassino-Atina-Sora, 1883-1914, in S. Casmirri (ed.), Lo stato in periferia: Élites, istituzioni e poteri locali nel Lazio meridionale tra Ottocento e Novecento, Università di CassinoUniversity of CassinoThe University of Cassino is a university located in Cassino, Italy. It was established in 1979.-Organization:The University of Cassino comprises faculties in the fields of Economics, Engineering, Humanities , Law and Human Movement Sciences-External links:...
2003: 111-164. - Spirito rotariano e impegno associativo nel Lazio meridionale: i Rotary Club di Frosinone, Cassino e Fiuggi, 1959-2005, Universita di CassinoUniversity of CassinoThe University of Cassino is a university located in Cassino, Italy. It was established in 1979.-Organization:The University of Cassino comprises faculties in the fields of Economics, Engineering, Humanities , Law and Human Movement Sciences-External links:...
2005. - Élites locali di Terra di Lavoro in età liberale: l'opera di Vincenzo Mazzenga, "Annale di storia regionale", 2006, nr. 1: 111-140.
Nature conservation
- Dalla riserva reale dell'Alta Val di Sangro alla costituzione del Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, "La lunga guerra per il Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, LancianoLancianoLanciano is a town and comune in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,570 inhabitants as of 2008.The city is also known for the first recorded alleged Catholic Eucharistic Miracle.-History:...
1998: 49-66. - In difesa del nome Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, "Rivista Abruzzes", 2001, nr. 3: 251-253.
- Verso l'oro verde. La costruzione del turismo nel parco nazionale d'Abruzzo 1948-1973, "Adriatico", 2003, nr. 3: 39-47.
- "Il Parco nazionale d'Abruzzo liberato dall'allagamento": un conflitto tra tutela ambientale e sviluppo industriale durante il fascismo, "Rivista della Scuola Superiore dell'Economia e delle Finanze", 2004, nr. 8-9: 27-39 (online).
- Scritti scelti di Erminio Sipari sul Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo (1922-1933), TrentoTrentoTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
2011;
About Croce
- Benedetto Croce e la monografia di Pescasseroli dall'Archivio Sipari di Alvito, "Rivista Abruzese", 1998, nr. 4: 309-314.
- Croce tra noi, Due giornate di studio (Pescasseroli - Università di Cassino 3-4 giugno 2002), AtripaldaAtripaldaAtripalda is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 11,149.-History:The town is the home of the ruins of Abellinum, the Ancient Roman Avellino.-Geography:...
2003. - Gli inediti di Benedetto Croce nell'Archivio Sipari di Alvito, "L'Acropoli", 2004, nr. 3: 309-319.
- Il brigantaggio meridionale nell'opera di Benedetto Croce tra le due guerre, in R. Colapietra (ed.), Benedetto Croce ed il Brigantaggio meridionale: un difficile rapporto, L'AquilaL'AquilaL'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...
2005: 73-85.