03472nam 22005655 450 991033772950332120240326131939.09783030193614303019361610.1007/978-3-030-19361-4(CKB)4100000008424484(MiAaPQ)EBC5789726(DE-He213)978-3-030-19361-4(Perlego)3490685(EXLCZ)99410000000842448420190613d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Endless Reconstruction and Modern Disasters The Management of Urban Space Through an Earthquake - Messina, 1908-2018 /by Domenica Farinella, Pietro Saitta1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (295 pages)9783030193607 3030193608 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Researching Disasters: Theories for a Case Study -- 3. History Seen Through the Slums: The Southern Question and the Current Crisis -- 4. Messina, From the Earthquake to the Present -- 5. Working and Dreaming at the Margins of the City -- 6. Formal and Informal Housing in Today's City -- 7. Messina Today: Representation, Identity, and Mobilization for Change -- 8. Conclusion.This book examines the long-lasting consequences of the Messina earthquake, a disaster that struck the city of Messina, Sicily, in 1908. The quake killed 86,000 people and destroyed one of the most important port cities in the Mediterranean. The authors argue that contemporary notions of "disaster economy" and "shock economy" are not specifically features of the present. On the contrary, the elements that characterize contemporary disaster-related speculative processes were largely active at the very beginning of the past century and helped the formation of the present. In addition to considering the historical significance of the earthquake, the authors pay particular attention to the impact of the earthquake on the structural victims of this enduring disaster: the members of the marginal class of people that emerged from the reconstruction. Through the biographical analysis of the inhabitants of shacks and projects, the study analyzes the intergenerational continuity of thesubaltern urban experience. Domenica Farinella, PhD, is a Lecturer in Economic Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy. Pietro Saitta, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy.Sociology, UrbanNatural disastersCities and townsHistoryUrban SociologyNatural HazardsUrban HistorySociology, Urban.Natural disasters.Cities and townsHistory.Urban Sociology.Natural Hazards.Urban History.551.220945363.349509458111Farinella Domenicaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut147968Saitta Pietroauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910337729503321The Endless Reconstruction and Modern Disasters2534120UNINA