Before Venice -- To Rialto -- Ducal Venice -- Between Empires And Beyond-the-sea -- From Ducal To Communal Rule -- The Fourth Crusade And The Creation Of A Mediterranean Empire -- Society And Politics In The Thirteenth Century -- The Consolidation Of The Patrician Regime -- Calamity And Survival -- The Early Renaissance And The Turn Toward Italy -- Taming The Lion -- The Industrial And Ceremonial City -- Late Renaissance Venetian Society -- Roman Venice And The End Of The Renaissance -- The Transformative Seventeenth Century -- Reform, Revolution, And The End Of The Republic -- Austrian Venice -- Italian Venice, 1860-1920 -- Fascist And Cold War Venice -- Global Venice Dennis Romano. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.