Whispering city modern Rome and its histories /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bosworth, R. J. B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Memory > Social aspects > Italy > Rome.
Historic sites > Italy > Rome.
Historic buildings > Italy > Rome.
Architecture > Italy > Rome.
Lieux historiques > Italie > Rome.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Historic buildings.
Historic sites.
Historiography.
Memory > Social aspects.
Travel.
Rome (Italy) > History.
Rome (Italy) > Historiography.
Rome (Italy) > Description and travel.
Rome (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italie) > Histoire.
Rome (Italie) > Descriptions et voyages.
Italy > Rome.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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