Books Authored

Below is a list of the books authored by David Kertzer.
Please click on a book cover to find out more about it.

Amalia's Tale Prisoner of the Vatican The Popes Against The Jews

 

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Politics and Symbols Sacrificed for Honor

 

Ritual Politics and Powe Comrades and Christians

 

 

Family Life in Central Italy, 1880-1910

Sharecropping, Wage Labor, and Coresidence

(Rutgers University Press, 1984)
Italian edition published as Famiglia Contadina e Urbanizzazione (Il Mulino, 1983)
* 1985 Marraro Prize (Society for Italian Historical Studies) for "the best work on Italian history"

Family, Political Economy, and Demographic Change

Italian edition published as Famiglia, economia e società (Il Mulino, 1991)
The Transformation of Life in Casalecchio, Italy, 1861-1921
(with Dennis Hogan) (University of Wisconsin Press, 1989)
* 1990 Marraro Prize (Society for Italian Historical Studies) for "the best work on Italian history"