Main entry:

Painter, Borden W.

Title & Author:

Mussolini's Rome : rebuilding the Eternal City / Borden W. Painter, Jr.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Description:

xix, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Italian and Italian American studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index.
Mussolini's obsession with Rome -- Celebration and construction, 1932-1934 -- Sports, education, and the new Italians -- Architecture, propaganda, and the Fascist revolution -- Population, neighborhoods, and housing -- Axis and empire -- War and resistance -- Chronology -- Fascist place and street names.

Summary:

"Rome was Mussolini's obsession. He staged the symbolic March on Rome in 1922, and promised Italians that his Fascist revolution would unite the country and transform Italy into a major world power. Over 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 embraced modernity while preserving and glorifying the city's ancient past.
Building the new Rome put people to work; "liberated" ancient monuments from cluttered surroundings; cleared slums; created giant complexes for education, sports, and cinema; produced wide new boulevards and piazzas; and provided the Fascist regime with a platform on which to showcase the power and identity of Fascism. In no other Italian city is the Fascist ideal as clearly visible."
"In Mussolini's Rome, Borden W. Painter, Jr. unveils Mussolini's tremendous and lasting impact on the city to which millions flock each year, and delivers an invaluable perspective on the history and nature of Italian Fascism. With vivid, effortless prose, Painter reveals how, for better or worse, the Rome we know today is not only the city of Roman emperors, Catholic popes, and Italian kings - it is also Mussolini's Rome."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1403966044 (alk. paper)
9781403966049 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945
City planning Italy Rome History 20th century.
Fascism and culture Italy Rome.
Urbanisme Italie Rome Histoire 20e siècle.
Fascisme et culture Italie Rome.
City planning.
Fascism and culture.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Fascisme.
Stadsplanning.
Rome (Italy) History 1870-1945.
Rome (Italie) Histoire 1870-1945.
Italy Rome.
Rom

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History.

Added entries:

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242463
Call No.: NA1118.5.F28 P35 2005
Status: Available