Economic History
The research topics of the components of this area include:
- raw materials and proto-modern age;
- modern ration policies in the Mezzogiorno (South Italy);
- maritime and trade relations and fishing activities in the Mediterranean;
- entrepreneurs and businesses in the south between 19th and 20th century;
- business and industry in the province of Salerno in the twentieth century;
- Government policies for industrialization in Europe and Italy;
- government intervention in republican Italy
- role of elite for the industrialization of the South in the XX century;
- public investment in human capital in the South of Italy from the Unification onwards