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Politics in a museum : governing postwar Florence / James Edward Miller.
Van Pelt Library DG738.792 .M55 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, James Edward.
- Series:
- Italian and Italian American studies 1530-7263
- Italian and Italian American studies, 1530-7263
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1945-.
- Florence (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Summary:
- How the city of Florence, one of the great treasure houses of western civilization, has been reduced to a crowded Renaissance Disneyland for tourists.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Liberation 1
- Chapter 2 Old Wine in New Bottles: From CTLN to Party Rule, 1944-1947 15
- Chapter 3 Red Flag over Palazzo Vecchio, 1947-1951 31
- Chapter 4 Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground: La Pira, 1951-1954 49
- Chapter 5 Building a City on the Hill? 1954-1957 67
- Chapter 6 Intermezzo, 1957-1960 83
- Chapter 7 The Center Left at Florence, 1960-1965 101
- Chapter 8 The Flood 121
- Chapter 9 Muddling Through: The Bausi Years, 1968-1974 139
- Chapter 10 The Historic Compromise at Florence, 1975-1981 159
- Chapter 11 Who's in Charge? The Florentine Pentapartito 175
- Chapter 12 City of Culture 189
- Chapter 13 The Party's Over 205
- Chapter 14 Conclusion: Penelope's Spindle 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-241 and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275972313
- OCLC:
- 48579667
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