Main entry:

McLaren, Brian, author.

Title & Author:

Modern architecture, empire, and race in fascist Italy / by Brian L. McLaren.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]

Description:

xvii, 292 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 25 cm.

Series:

Spatial practices, 1871-689X ; volume 36

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Imperial ambitions ; Racial discontents ; Foundational arguments ; Sources and theoretical premises ; Organization and content -- Part 1 Modern urbanism and the territorialization of race : Introduction ; Rural urbanism, colonial urbanism -- 1 An Olympics of Civilization : Foundational acts ; The 1937 master plan ; The 1937 program -- 2 Commercial networks and colonial geographies : Foundational myths ; Organizational logic ; The 1938 master plan -- 3 Urban planning and racial politics : Addis Ababa, 1938 ; Esposizione Universal di Roma, 1938 ; Mostra d'Oltremare, 1939 -- Part 2 Modern architecture and racial eugenics : Introduction ; Art and race ; Architecture and race -- 4 An architecture of racial purification : First public competitions ; Piazza ed Edifici delle Forze Armate -- 5 An architecture of racial prestige : Public competitions ; Three sectors: mapping race ; The Padiglione della Libia: staging race -- 6 Autarchy in architecture : A journalistic discourse ; Autarchy at the E42 ; Artistic parallels -- Part 3 Architecture, racial politics and war : Introduction ; A wartime discourse ; A wartime mentality -- 7 A work of fascist labor : A process of construction ; A public ceremony ; A village and a palace -- 8 The war and the indigenous villages : Wartime constructions ; In the shadow of war ; Empire, race, and war -- 9 Architecture during wartime : A space of confinement ; A site of conflict -- Conclusion : Post(war) script.

Summary:

"This book explores the relationship between architecture and race that lingered beneath the surface of the author's previous research- beginning with his dissertation on modernity and indigenous culture in Italy's North African colonies in the History, Theory and Criticism Section"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9789004434592 hardcover
9004434593 hardcover
electronic book
9789004456181

Subject:

Fascism and architecture Italy.
Imperialism and architecture Italy.
Architecture and race Italy.
Architecture and society Italy History 20th century.
Fascisme et architecture Italie.
Architecture et race Italie.
Architecture et société Italie Histoire 20e siècle.
Impérialisme et architecture Italie.
Architecture and race
Architecture and society
Fascism and architecture
Imperialism and architecture
Italy

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Spatial practices ; 36.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309410
Call No.: BIB 254674
Status: Available