Andrea Azzarelli
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azzab.bsky.social
Andrea Azzarelli
@azzab.bsky.social
Historian of police forces, anti-labour movements, and gun control @DISSGEA (Unipd) - @LARHRA

Writing a book about strikebreaking, guns and private policing in 20th Century France

https://unipd.academia.edu/AndreaAzzarelli
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Our colleague and head of the GlobArms research project, @azzab.bsky.social, has recently published a monograph which provides the answers to these questions. Published by Rubbettino Editore, the book offers a glimpse into a crucial period in post-unification Italy.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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These forms of everyday self-defence speak directly to the themes explored in the ERC EU-GUNS project, which investigates how ordinary people dealt with the questions of protection, legality, and control between 1870 and 1970.
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Historian Emelyne Godfrey explores how these strategies emerged as responses to growing anxieties around urban safety and women’s autonomy (2010).
Source: The Sketch, 6th July 1910
Credit: © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The panel will include such renowned scholars as @cathfletcher.bsky.social @drewmckevitt.bsky.social @briandelay.bsky.social @afilindra.bsky.social and David J. Silverman.
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM