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oapen-20.500.12657-312812021-11-04T14:07:48Z Driving Modernity Moraglio, Massimo History Autostrade of Italy Benito Mussolini Car Controlled-access highway Italy Milan Turin bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPF Political ideologies::JPFQ Fascism & Nazism 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. 2017-06-01 23:55:55 2020-03-20 03:00:28 2020-04-01T13:29:37Z 2020-04-01T13:29:37Z 2017-04-30 book 632447 OCN: 972640360 9781785334726 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31281 eng Explorations in Mobility application/pdf n/a 632447.pdf Berghahn Books 10.26530/oapen_632447 100113 10.26530/oapen_632447 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781785334726 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100113 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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