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How and why has the city of Florence, one of the great treasure houses of western civilization, been reduced to little more than a Renaissance Disneyland for tourists? Florence, once a center of national intellectual creativity, has become a city with two separate lives. Its historic center caters to and profits from tourists, while the periphery houses a population that endures overcrowding, decaying infrastructure, and an exorbitant cost of living. In Politics in a Museum, James Miller investigates Florence's losing struggle with modern times.
He traces the city's story from its bloody liberation in 1944 through a reconstruction led by Communist and Catholic saints, the flood of 1966, the booms and busts of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In the process, Miller provides an analysis of the defects of Italy's national political system, as well as a meticulous reconstruction of the men and events that have placed Florence alongside Venice in the unenviable status of museum city.
Table of Contents
Liberation
Old Wine in New Bottles: From CTLN to Party Control, 1944-1947
Red Flag Over Palazzo Vecchio, 1947-1951
Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground: La Pira, 1951-1954
Building a City on the Hill, 1954-1957
Intermezzo, 1957-1960
The Center Left at Florence, 1960-1965
The Flood
Muddling Through: The Bausi Years: 1968-1974
The Historic Compromise at Florence, 1975-1981
Who's in Charge? The Florentine Pentapartito
City of Culture
The Party's Over
Conclusion: Penelope's Sindle
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Jun 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 280 |
| ISBN | 9780275972318 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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