Building Fascism, Communism, Liberal Democracy: Gaetano Ciocca--Architect, Inventor, Farmer, Writer, Engineer

by Jeffrey Schnapp

This book tells the tale of the prolific Italian architect, inventor, farmer, writer, and engineer Gaetano Ciocca, whose career took him from the battlefronts of World War I to Stalin's Russia, Mussolini's Italy, FDR's America, and finally to postwar liberal-democratic Italy. Like celebrated counterparts such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Ciocca was a visionary so confident in his vision of a future in which all aspects of life would be rationalized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804748772
• ISBN13: 9780804748773
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"