Martino Lorenzo Fagnani
Biographic Data
| ID | 614359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martino Lorenzo Fagnani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martino Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Fagnani |
| SIGNATURE | FAGNANI M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pavia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0604-0479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Holistic Machine
This article examines how engineers and surveyors transformed the management of the Po Valley environment between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on archival registers, hydraulic reports, and technical manuals from the State of Milan, it argues that these professionals did not simply apply scientific knowledge to nature. Through practices of measurement, mapping, classification, and repair, they made water, woodlands, and agricult…
Dangerous Liaisons
This article analyses the conflicting relationship between botany and the rural economy in a period of great scientific, technical, and economic change. It takes as an example the Po Valley in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a laboratory for experiments on acclimatization of new plant species, particularly the potato among other products. Against this backdrop, political authorities and scientific institutions interacted with landowner…
L'acclimatation de l'arachide en Italie
L'Italie des xviiie et xixe siècles est le théâtre d'expériences d'acclimatation d'espèces végétales exotiques utiles à l'agriculture et aux manufactures. Experts, institutions et propriétaires fonciers s'efforcent de collaborer pour promouvoir les économies locales. Cependant, l'Italie (ou plutôt, les États italiens) ne possède pas, contrairement aux grands pays européens comme la France et l'Espagne, de territoires sur le continent américain. D…
Gorgonzola
This article analyses how Gorgonzola cheese achieved widespread success among the upper and middle classes in continental Europe, the British Isles, and North America between the 1850s and 1930s. Drawing on social history, the history of science and technology, and cultural history, the article highlights the important role played by hotels, restaurants, clubs, and ocean liners, on the one hand, and the circuit of industrial and agricultural exhi…
Teaching in Rural Communities of the Po Valley, 1861-1900
Italian agricultural modernization in the late 19th century was partly the result of increased environmental and agronomic knowledge acquired from primary school onwards. The article opens a new research perspective by analysing how primary school teachers and vocational institutes contributed to agricultural and environmental education in rural areas of Northern Italy. These practices also raised awareness concerning social and cultural problems…
Travels and representations at the core of Western agricultural science
In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, Europe developed a deep interest in both natural resources and agroecosystems. Experts began to explore the rural hinterland and shores of the Mediterranean. These travellers described completely new settings, agroecosystems, and cultures through the lens of their own backgrounds. This article analyses the development of Mediterranean rural societies as an object of study of Western agricultu…
From ‘pure botany’ to ‘economic botany’ – changing ideas by exchanging plants
At the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the 19th, Spain and the Italian States contributed to the development of European agricultural science and the improvement of manufacturing. They collaborated with each other and reworked the most advanced models of France, Central Europe and Great Britain. Despite their somewhat less prosperous economic status, they demonstrated great originality in research and experimentation. In this proce…
Studying "useful plants" from Maria Theresa to Napoleon
This article analyzes Italian research and experimentation on the economic potential of certain plant species in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, also providing insight into beekeeping and honey production. It focuses on continuity of method and progress across regimes and on the invisibility of many of the actors involved in the development of agricultural science and food research. Specifically, "continuity" refers to the con…
Tourism, disability and inclusion in twentieth century Italy
The paper analyses the archival documentation of two Italian institutions in reference to summer camps for young people with disabilities during 1950s-70s. In this way it highlights the precursor role of these institutions in proposing an inclusive tourist experience for young people with disabilities.Italy only had adequate legislation in this direction beginning in the 1980s-90s. In particular, Law No. 104 in 1992 is fundamental for the inclusi…
Studying "useful plants" from Maria Theresa to Napoleon
This article analyzes Italian research and experimentation on the economic potential of certain plant species in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, also providing insight into beekeeping and honey production. It focuses on continuity of method and progress across regimes and on the invisibility of many of the actors involved in the development of agricultural science and food research. Specifically, "continuity" refers to the con…
L'acclimatation de l'arachide en Italie
L'Italie des xviiie et xixe siècles est le théâtre d'expériences d'acclimatation d'espèces végétales exotiques utiles à l'agriculture et aux manufactures. Experts, institutions et propriétaires fonciers s'efforcent de collaborer pour promouvoir les économies locales. Cependant, l'Italie (ou plutôt, les États italiens) ne possède pas, contrairement aux grands pays européens comme la France et l'Espagne, de territoires sur le continent américain. D…
Tourism, disability and inclusion in twentieth century Italy
The paper analyses the archival documentation of two Italian institutions in reference to summer camps for young people with disabilities during 1950s-70s. In this way it highlights the precursor role of these institutions in proposing an inclusive tourist experience for young people with disabilities.Italy only had adequate legislation in this direction beginning in the 1980s-90s. In particular, Law No. 104 in 1992 is fundamental for the inclusi…
Studying "useful plants" from Maria Theresa to Napoleon
This article analyzes Italian research and experimentation on the economic potential of certain plant species in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, also providing insight into beekeeping and honey production. It focuses on continuity of method and progress across regimes and on the invisibility of many of the actors involved in the development of agricultural science and food research. Specifically, "continuity" refers to the con…
Teaching in Rural Communities of the Po Valley, 1861-1900
Italian agricultural modernization in the late 19th century was partly the result of increased environmental and agronomic knowledge acquired from primary school onwards. The article opens a new research perspective by analysing how primary school teachers and vocational institutes contributed to agricultural and environmental education in rural areas of Northern Italy. These practices also raised awareness concerning social and cultural problems…
Travels and representations at the core of Western agricultural science
In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, Europe developed a deep interest in both natural resources and agroecosystems. Experts began to explore the rural hinterland and shores of the Mediterranean. These travellers described completely new settings, agroecosystems, and cultures through the lens of their own backgrounds. This article analyses the development of Mediterranean rural societies as an object of study of Western agricultu…
From ‘pure botany’ to ‘economic botany’ – changing ideas by exchanging plants
At the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the 19th, Spain and the Italian States contributed to the development of European agricultural science and the improvement of manufacturing. They collaborated with each other and reworked the most advanced models of France, Central Europe and Great Britain. Despite their somewhat less prosperous economic status, they demonstrated great originality in research and experimentation. In this proce…
Gorgonzola
This article analyses how Gorgonzola cheese achieved widespread success among the upper and middle classes in continental Europe, the British Isles, and North America between the 1850s and 1930s. Drawing on social history, the history of science and technology, and cultural history, the article highlights the important role played by hotels, restaurants, clubs, and ocean liners, on the one hand, and the circuit of industrial and agricultural exhi…
L'acclimatation de l'arachide en Italie
L'Italie des xviiie et xixe siècles est le théâtre d'expériences d'acclimatation d'espèces végétales exotiques utiles à l'agriculture et aux manufactures. Experts, institutions et propriétaires fonciers s'efforcent de collaborer pour promouvoir les économies locales. Cependant, l'Italie (ou plutôt, les États italiens) ne possède pas, contrairement aux grands pays européens comme la France et l'Espagne, de territoires sur le continent américain. D…
Dangerous Liaisons
This article analyses the conflicting relationship between botany and the rural economy in a period of great scientific, technical, and economic change. It takes as an example the Po Valley in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a laboratory for experiments on acclimatization of new plant species, particularly the potato among other products. Against this backdrop, political authorities and scientific institutions interacted with landowner…
A Holistic Machine
This article examines how engineers and surveyors transformed the management of the Po Valley environment between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on archival registers, hydraulic reports, and technical manuals from the State of Milan, it argues that these professionals did not simply apply scientific knowledge to nature. Through practices of measurement, mapping, classification, and repair, they made water, woodlands, and agricult…
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