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Politics in a Museum Governing Post-War Florence
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James Edward Miller
Book Code: C7231
ISBN: 0-275-97231-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97231-8
280 pages, maps, photos
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Through a judicious and exhaustive reading of national and local archives, party and private papers, the press, and interviews, Miller writes a splendid history of contemporary Florence and a model study for urban historians....Fine illustrations and an extensive bibliography make this title recommended for public, college, and university libraries.
    —Choice     February 2003
Description: 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:
  • Preface
  • 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
LC Card Number: 2001059084
LCC Class: DG738
Dewey Class: 945
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