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Excavating Modernity : The Roman Past in Fascist Italy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801468841
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Excavating ModernityDDC classification:
  • 930.1093
LOC classification:
  • CC101.I8
Online resources:
Contents:
Excavating Modernity -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Third Rome and Its Discontents, 1848-1922 -- 2. Science and Faith: The Istituto di Studi Romani, 1922-1929 -- 3. History and Hygiene in Mussolini's Rome, 1925-1938 -- 4. The Totalitarian Museum: The Mostra Augustea della Romanità, 1937-19 -- 5. Empire, Race, and the Decline of Romanità , 1936-1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Italian Fascism's appropriation of the Roman past--the idea of Rome, or romanità--remains an enduring facet of Mussolini's regime. Excavating Modernity offers a critical assessment of romanità and its individuals, institutions, and initiatives.
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Excavating Modernity -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Third Rome and Its Discontents, 1848-1922 -- 2. Science and Faith: The Istituto di Studi Romani, 1922-1929 -- 3. History and Hygiene in Mussolini's Rome, 1925-1938 -- 4. The Totalitarian Museum: The Mostra Augustea della Romanità, 1937-19 -- 5. Empire, Race, and the Decline of Romanità , 1936-1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Italian Fascism's appropriation of the Roman past--the idea of Rome, or romanità--remains an enduring facet of Mussolini's regime. Excavating Modernity offers a critical assessment of romanità and its individuals, institutions, and initiatives.

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