Evicted from eternity : the restructuring of modern Rome / Michael Herzfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzfeld, M. (Michael)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentrification--Italy--Rome.

Urban renewal--Italy--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern Rome is a city rife with contradictions. Once the seat of ancient glory, it is now often the object of national contempt. It plays a significant part on the world stage, but the concerns of its residents are often deeply parochial. And while they live in the seat of a world religion, Romans can be vehemently anticlerical. These tensions between the past and the present, the global and the local, make Rome fertile ground to study urban social life, the construction of the past, the role of religion in daily life, and how a capital city relates to the rest of the nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Overture. Encountering the Eternal City

1. Sin and the City

2. Popolo and Population

3. The Wages of Original Sin

4. Refractions of Social Life

5. Life and Law in a Flawed State

6. Scandals of Sociability

7. Extortionate Civilities

8. The Fine Art of Denunciation

9. Tearing the Social Fabric

Coda: The Future of Eternity

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index.

ISBN:

9786612239656

9781282239654

1282239651

9780226329079

0226329070

OCLC:

432995180