Driving Modernity: Technology, Experts, Politics, and Fascist Motorways, 1922-1943

By Massimo Moraglio

Book Overview

Recounts the twisting fortunes of the autostrada, which Italian authorities hoped would spread an ideology of technological nationalism.. Explains how Italy ultimately failed to realize its mammoth infrastructural vision. Addresses the political and social conditions that made a coherent plan of development impossible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800739397
• ISBN13: 9781800739390
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"