Italian Venice : a history

Bosworth, R. J. B.

Book 2014

"In this elegant book Richard Bosworth explores Venice--not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. Bosworth looks at the glamour and squalor of the belle époque and the dark underbelly of modernization, the two world wars, and the far-reaching oppressions of the fascist regime, through to the 'Disneylandification' of Venice and the tourist boom, the...

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Venice (Italy) History 1797-1866

Venice (Italy) History 1866-

Venice (Italy) Politics and government

Venice (Italy) Social conditions

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ISBN:

9780300193879

Description:

xxi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction
Awaiting an Italian destiny : Venice to 1866
The lights and shadows of Liberal improvement in Venice, 1866-1900
Venice in the belle époque
Venice and its First World War
Peace and the imposition of Fascism on Venice, 1919-1930
Venice between Volpi and Mussolini, 1930-1940
Venice, Nazi-fascist war and American peace, 1940-1948
The many deaths of post-war Venice, 1948-1978
Death postponed through globalised rebirth (and mass tourism)?
Conclusion

LCCN:

2014018999

Control Number:

1058934

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