The Shaping of Tuscany: Landscape and Society Between Tradition and Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781107127777 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 307 str.

Dario Gaggio

Opis

This book shows how the seemingly immutable Tuscan landscape was largely shaped modern conflicts over economic resources and cultural meanings.

Recenzje

'Gaggio's book is a masterful analysis that shows how the beauty of Tuscany, rather than being a natural feature of its landscape, is a fragile product of history - or rather, the many histories of its peasants and land-lords, locals and travelers.' Angelo Matteo Caglioti, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Race, nation, land: reclaiming Tuscany's hill country under Fascism; 2. Newer beginnings: the landscape of social strife; 3. Left behind: the rural exodus; 4. The uses of emptiness: rural Tuscany after the exodus; 5. The farmhouse and the museum: Tuscany as patrimony; 6. Searching for the Bel Paesaggio: norming and litigating the landscape; Conclusion; Index.