Main entry:

Kallis, Aristotle A., 1970-

Title & Author:

The third Rome, 1922-1943 : the making of the fascist capital / Aristotle Kallis, professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Lancaster University, UK.

Publication:

New York, NY ; Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Description:

xiv, 324 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-305) and index.
The Fascist Conquest of Rome -- 2. Fascism and the City : Architecture and Urban Eutopia -- 3. Fascism and Romanita : Framing the Ancient Imperial City -- 4. Fascism and the "City of the Popes" -- 5. The Fascist Layer (I) : The Quest for "Signature" Buildings -- 6. The Fascist Layer (II) : Building for Grandeur and Necessity -- 7. Fascism in Mostra : Exhibitions as Heterotopias -- 8. Rome and the Dream of Fascist Universalism -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Rome underwent a spectacular transformation under Fascist rule; a transformation that was visual and topographical but also deeply symbolic. The 'third Rome' that Mussolini envisioned and sought to realise in the 1920s and 1930s was partly a new city, expanding in all directions from the historic centre, and partly a new vision for an ideal city that emerged from within a cityscape forged across millennia of history. This Rome was intended to be both the capital of a regenerated Italy and the sanctuary of a new international fascist political religion. Aristotle Kallis traces the plethora of visions and projects that sought to reimagine, reinvent, and reshape the city as a 'fascist capital' over the course of twenty short years. Extensive demolitions, reconfigurations of sites and monuments, as well as ambitious new constructions designed by an array of architects in wildly different styles, chronicle a fascinating story of conquering drive, ruthless appropriation, and interrupted ambition"-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9780230283992 (hardback)
0230283993 (hardback)
1137314036
9781137314031

Subject:

Fascism and architecture Italy Rome History 20th century.
Architecture Italy Rome History.
Public buildings Italy Rome History 20th century.
Monuments Italy Rome History 20th century.
City planning Political aspects Italy Rome History 20th century.
Social change Italy Rome History 20th century.
Capitals (Cities) Political aspects Case studies.
Fascisme et architecture Italie Rome Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Italie Rome Histoire.
Bâtiments publics Italie Rome Histoire 20e siècle.
Monuments Italie Rome Histoire 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE History General.
HISTORY Europe Italy.
HISTORY Modern 20th Century.
HISTORY Social History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Fascism & Totalitarianism.
Architecture.
Buildings.
City planning Political aspects.
Fascism and architecture.
Monuments.
Politics and government.
Public buildings.
Social change.
Architektur
Baudenkmal
Faschismus
Hauptstadt
Stadtentwicklung
Städtebau
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy) Politics and government 1870-1945.
Italy Politics and government 1922-1945.
Rome (Italie) Administration 1870-1945.
Italie Politique et gouvernement 1922-1945.
Italy.
Italy Rome.
Rom

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291601
Call No.: BIB 235340
Status: Available