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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219864003321

Autore

Moraglio Massimo

Titolo

Driving modernity [[electronic resource] ] : technology, experts, politics, and fascist motorways, 1922-1943 / / Massimo Moraglio ; translated from Italian by Erin O'Loughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berghahn Books, 2017

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78533-450-6

1-78533-472-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Explorations in mobility ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

388.122094509041

Soggetti

Express highways - Italy - History

Express highways - Economic aspects - Italy - History

Transportation and state - Italy - History

Italy Politics and government 1922-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published: Storia delle prime autostrade italiane (1922-1943) in 2007 by Nuova Trauben Edizioni, Turin."--title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Italian Fascism. This book recounts the twisting fortunes of the autostrada, which—alongside railways, aviation, and other forms



of mobility—Italian authorities hoped would spread an ideology of technological nationalism. It explains how Italy ultimately failed to realize its mammoth infrastructural vision, addressing the political and social conditions that made a coherent plan of development impossible.