Modern Architecture, Empire, and Race in Fascist Italy

Author:   Brian McLaren
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   36
ISBN:  

9789004434592


Pages:   292
Publication Date:   25 February 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Brian McLaren
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.643kg
ISBN:  

9789004434592


ISBN 10:   9004434593
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   25 February 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Preface List of Illustrations  Introduction  1 Imperial Ambitions  2 Racial Discontents  3 Foundational Arguments  4 Sources and Theoretical Premises  5 Organization and Content PART 1 Modern Urbanism and the Territorialization of Race  1 Introduction  2 Rural Urbanism, Colonial Urbanism 1 An Olympics of Civilization  1 Foundational Acts  2 The 1937 Master Plan  3 The 1937 Program 2 Commercial Networks and Colonial Geographies  1 Foundational Myths  2 Organizational Logic  3 The 1938 Master Plan 3 Urban Planning and Racial Politics  1 Addis Ababa, 1938  2 Esposizione Universale di Roma, 1938  3 Mostra d’Oltremare, 1939 PART 2 Modern Architecture and Racial Eugenics  1 Introduction  2 Art and Race  3 Architecture and Race 4 An Architecture of Racial Purification  1 First Public Competitions  2 Piazza ed Edifici delle Forze Armate 5 An Architecture of Racial Prestige  1 Public Competitions  2 Three Sectors: Mapping Race  3 The Padiglione della Libia: Staging Race 6 Autarchy in Architecture  1 A Journalistic Discourse  2 Autarchy at the E42  3 Artistic Parallels PART 3 Architecture, Racial Politics, and War  1 Introduction to Part 3  2 A Wartime Discourse  3 A Wartime Mentality 7 A Work of Fascist Labor  1 A Process of Construction  2 A Public Ceremony  3 A Village and a Palace 8 The War and the Indigenous Villages  1 Wartime Constructions  2 In the Shadow of War  3 Empire, Race, and War 9 Architecture During Wartime  1 A Space of Confinement  2 A Site of Conflict  Conclusion  Post(war) Script  Bibliography  Index

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Brian L. McLaren, Ph.D. (MIT, 2001), is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington. He has published books, book chapters, and essays on the relationship between architecture and politics in Italy and its colonies during the Fascist era.

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