Building Fascism, Communism, Liberal Democracy: Gaetano Ciocca--Architect, Inven

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This work tells the tale of the prolific 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.

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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 and modernized that no set of practical or political obstacles could ever stand in his way. Ciocca's endeavors included the development of "fast houses," a "theater for 20,000 spectators," the "guided roadway," and the rationalist pig farms referred to by Carlo Belli as "Ciocca's Grand Hotel for Pigs."

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"This fascinating book uses the little-known Italian engineer Gaetano Ciocca as a prism through which to refract and reflect upon the interactions of culture and politics in Fascist Italy and in early twentieth-century Europe. This work represents what one might argue is the next step in studies of Italian culture in this period." -Barbara Spackman,University of California, Berkeley

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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 and modernized that no set of practical or political obstacles could ever stand in his way. Ciocca's endeavors included the development of "fast houses," a "theater for 20,000 spectators," the "guided roadway," and the rationalist pig farms referred to by Carlo Belli as "Ciocca's Grand Hotel for Pigs."

Author Biography

Jeffrey T. Schnapp is the Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature at Stanford University and Professor in the Department of French and Italian Literature and the Department of Comparative Literature.

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"This fascinating book uses the little-known Italian engineer Gaetano Ciocca as a prism through which to refract and reflect upon the interactions of culture and politics in Fascist Italy and in early twentieth-century Europe. This work represents what one might argue is the next step in studies of Italian culture in this period." - Barbara Spackman,University of California, Berkeley

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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 and modernized that no set of practical or political obstacles could ever stand in his way. Ciocca's endeavors included the development of "fast houses," a "theater for 20,000 spectators," the "guided roadway," and the rationalist pig farms referred to by Carlo Belli as "Ciocca's Grand Hotel for Pigs."

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"This fascinating book uses the little-known Italian engineer Gaetano Ciocca as a prism through which to refract and reflect upon the interactions of culture and politics in Fascist Italy and in early twentieth-century Europe. This work represents what one might argue is the next step in studies of Italian culture in this period." -Barbara Spackman,University of California, Berkeley

Details ISBN0804748772 Author Jeffrey T. Schnapp Short Title BUILDING FASCISM COMMUNISM LIB Pages 312 Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804748772 ISBN-13 9780804748773 Media Book Format Hardcover Edition 1st Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Birth 1954 DOI 10.1604/9780804748773 UK Release Date 2003-12-05 AU Release Date 2003-12-05 NZ Release Date 2003-12-05 US Release Date 2003-12-05 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-12-05 Subtitle Gaetano Ciocca—Architect, Inventor, Farmer, Writer, Engineer DEWEY 720.92 Audience Undergraduate Illustrations 42 illustrations We've got this

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