Driving modernity technology, experts, politics, and fascist motorways, 1922-1943
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2017
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Explorations in mobility ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432623106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- chapter 1. The roads before motorways
- chapter 2. 1922: the motorway from Milan to the Prealpine Lakes
- chapter 3. Motorway mania in Italy in the 1920s
- chapter 4. The ordinary roads problem
- chapter 5. From the Pedemontana project to the Construction Suspension
- chapter 6. A case study: the Turin-Milan motorway
- chapter 7. The 1930s: the European utopia and the nationalist fulfilment
- chapter 8. The bankruptcy and legacy of the motorways
- Conclusion.
