03431 am 22006253u 450 991021986400332120230621140200.01-78533-450-61-78533-472-7(CKB)3800000000216140(OCoLC)972640360(ScCtBLL)f1886438-f821-4e1c-afae-2c2a2093906b(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39373(EXLCZ)99380000000021614020181230d2017uuuu fy| 0engurc|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDriving modernity[electronic resource] technology, experts, politics, and fascist motorways, 1922-1943 /Massimo Moraglio ; translated from Italian by Erin O'LoughlinBerghahn Books2017New York :Berghahn Books,2017.©20171 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)Explorations in mobility ;Volume 3"Originally published: Storia delle prime autostrade italiane (1922-1943) in 2007 by Nuova Trauben Edizioni, Turin."--title page verso.1-78533-449-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.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.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.Explorations in mobility ;3.Express highwaysItalyHistoryExpress highwaysEconomic aspectsItalyHistoryTransportation and stateItalyHistoryItalyPolitics and government1922-1945HistoryAutostrade of ItalyBenito MussoliniCarControlled-access highwayItalyMilanTurinExpress highwaysHistory.Express highwaysEconomic aspectsHistory.Transportation and stateHistory.388.122094509041Moraglio Massimo688656O'Loughlin ErinUkMaJRUBOOK9910219864003321Driving modernity2052554UNINA