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Mussolini's Rome : rebuilding the Eternal City /
Rome was Mussolini's obsession. After coming to power as a result of his famed march on the city in 1922, he promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a major power on the world stage. In the next two decades, he set about rebuilding Rome as t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Rome was Mussolini's obsession. After coming to power as a result of his famed march on the city in 1922, he promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a major power on the world stage. In the next two decades, he set about rebuilding Rome as the foremost site and symbol of the new fascist order. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction, he sought to make Rome a capital that both embraced modernity while preserving and glorifing the city's ancient past. Building the new Rome put people to work, "liberated" ancient monuments from cluttered surroundings, cleared slums; produced giant complexes for education, sports, and cinema; produced wide new boulevards and piazzas; and provided the regime with a showcase for the supposed grandeur, dynamism, and power of fascism. This intriguing book reveals Mussolini's tremendous and lasting impact on the city to which millions flock each year. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403966049 1403966044 9781403976918 1403976910 9781403980021 1403980020 9786611367756 6611367756 1281367753 9781281367754 |