02929nam 22005534a 450 991082484510332120200520144314.097866113677561-281-36775-31-4039-7691-010.1057/9781403976918(CKB)1000000000245891(MiAaPQ)EBC307992(Au-PeEL)EBL307992(CaPaEBR)ebr10124837(CaONFJC)MIL136775(OCoLC)314891420(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7691-8(EXLCZ)99100000000024589120040929d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMussolini's Rome rebuilding the Eternal City /Borden W. Painter, Jr1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (xix, 200 pages) illustrations, mapsItalian and Italian American studies1-4039-6604-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-191) and index.Introduction * Mussolini's Obsession with Rome * Celebration and Construction * 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 * Conclusion * Appendix: Chronology * Appendix: Fascist Place and Street NamesIn 1922 the Fascist 'March on Rome' brought Benito Mussolini to power. He promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a strong and respected nation internationally. In the next two decades, Mussolini set about rebuilding the city of Rome as the site and symbol of the new fascist Italy. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction he sought to make Rome a modern capital of a nation and an empire worthy of Rome's imperial past. Building the new Rome put people to work, 'liberated' ancient monuments, cleared slums, produced new "cities" for education, sports, and cinema, produced wide new streets, and provided the regime with a setting to showcase fascism's dynamism, power, and greatness. Mussolini's Rome thus embodied the movement, the man and the myth that made up fascist Italy.Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))City planningItalyRomeHistory20th centuryFascism and cultureItalyRomeRome (Italy)History1870-1945City planningHistoryFascism and culture945/.632091Painter Borden W1600736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824845103321Mussolini’s Rome3923988UNINA