Borghesi a Genova nell'Ottocento. Associazionismo ricreativo e culturale dell'élite tra la restaurazione e l'Unità

Based on a vast range of primary source, the article deals with the historical development of the social and cultural associations created by the Genoese élite throughout the firs half of the 19th . After the Restoration a new élite, composed of nobles and bourgeois and distinguished by wealth and capacity, came into being. This new élite created its own network of associations. They became important meeting places for the most prominent Genoese entrepreneurs and bankers and played a major political role also promoting the renewal of the urban ruling class.