TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moraglio, Massimo
AB  - On March 26th, 1923, in a formal ceremony, construction of the Milan–Alpine Lakes autostrada officially began, the preliminary step toward what would become the first European motorway. That Benito Mussolini himself participated in the festivities indicates just how important the project was to Italian Fascism. This book recounts the twisting fortunes of the autostrada, which—alongside railways, aviation, and other forms of mobility—Italian authorities hoped would spread an ideology of technological nationalism. It explains how Italy ultimately failed to realize its mammoth infrastructural vision, addressing the political and social conditions that made a coherent plan of development impossible.
DO  - 10.26530/oapen_632447
ID  - OAPEN ID: 632447
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 972640360
KW  - History
KW  - Autostrade of Italy
KW  - Benito Mussolini
KW  - Car
KW  - Controlled-access highway
KW  - Italy
KW  - Milan
KW  - Turin
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bd907289-bc10-4606-bbdb-99b4dc08e67e/632447.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31281
PB  - Berghahn Books
PY  - 2017-04-30
SN  - 9781785334726
TI  - Driving Modernity : Technology, Experts, Politics, and Fascist Motorways, 1922-1943
ER  - 
