Driving modernity : technology, experts, politics, and fascist motorways, 1922-1943 / Massimo Moraglio ; translated from Italian by Erin O'Loughlin.
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 Ital...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2017]
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| Series: | Explorations in mobility ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published: Storia delle prime autostrade italiane (1922-1943) in 2007 by Nuova Trauben Edizioni, Turin.". |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1785334492 9781785334498 |