I taught British and international history in the U of Bologna, 1978-2012. At the same time taught various aspects of American-European relations in the Bologna campus of he J Hopkins Uni, School of Advanced international Studies, 1979-2024. Main theme of research: function of American power in all its forms in comtemp Eur history. Big book: The Shock of America. Europe and the Challenge of the Century, Oxford, 2012. President of Internationl Association of Media and History, 199-2006

CREATING BOUNDARIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD BUSINESS: FORMAL AND INFORMAL CULTURAL PROTECTIONISM IN ITALY

A discussion of the various forms of promotion and protection which have been turned by the current Italian government into a key element of their ideas of national sovereignty, identity, and balance between tradition and innovation.