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Whispering city modern Rome and its histories /

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as "not a human dwelling place but a mental entity," in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar, and memory. "The observer wou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bosworth, R. J. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • MAPS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Rome and the Romes across time
  • 2. Rome, revolution and history
  • 3. A Holy City: its past and future restored?
  • 4. Roman revolution, national revolution
  • 5. Italian Rome: rational and humanist
  • 6. Italian Rome: national and imperialist
  • 7. Rome, its histories and Fascist totalitarianism
  • 8. The Rome of Mussolini and his history wars
  • 9. A second Restoration? The Catholic and imperial Rome of Pius XII
  • 10. Olympic Rome: sport, blood and histories
  • 11. Eternity globalised
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • INDEX