Tra quartieri e “dintorni”: un percorso nella Storia urbana e territoriale

Abstract

This article aims to outline the main aspects of the author’s scholarly work in the field of Urban History. It reviews the principal lines of research that have defined her work, the methodological tools and sources she has engaged with, her most recent publications, and future research directions. In particular, starting from a reflection on the case of Rome, the guiding thread is the relationship between center and periphery, explored through two main lenses: on the one hand, the analysis of the relationship during the modern age between major Western cities and their surrounding regions; on the other, the gradual development of twentieth-century cities into a mosaic of “neighborhoods”, where the spaces and identities of civil society intertwine and find expression in the ongoing interplay between the “high” and the “low”.