Driving modernity : technology, experts, politics, and fascist motorways, 1922-1943 /

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On March 26th, 1923, in a formal ceremony, construction of the Milan-Alpine Lakes autostrada officially began, the preliminary step toward what would become the first European motorway. That Benito Mussolini himself participated in the festivities indicates just how important the project was to Ital...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moraglio, Massimo (Autor)
Otros Autores: O'Loughlin, Erin (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]
Colección:Explorations in mobility ; v. 3.
Temas:
Puricelli, Piero.
1922-1945
Express highways > Italy > History.
Express highways > Economic aspects > Italy > History.
Transportation and state > Italy > History.
Autoroutes > Aspect économique > Italie > Histoire.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Italie > Histoire.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Politics and government.
Political ideologies.
Fascism and Nazism.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Express highways.
Express highways > Economic aspects.
Transportation and state.
Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945.
Italie > Politique et gouvernement > 1922-1945.
Italy.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • chapter 1. The roads before motorways
  • chapter 2. 1922: the motorway from Milan to the Prealpine Lakes
  • chapter 3. Motorway mania in Italy in the 1920s
  • chapter 4. The ordinary roads problem
  • chapter 5. From the Pedemontana project to the Construction Suspension
  • chapter 6. A case study: the Turin-Milan motorway
  • chapter 7. The 1930s: the European utopia and the nationalist fulfilment
  • chapter 8. The bankruptcy and legacy of the motorways
  • Conclusion.

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