{"product_id":"mussolini-architect-paolo-nicoloso-9781442631045","title":"Mussolini, Architect: Propaganda and Urban Landscape in Fascist Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting its symbolic prowess as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMussolini, Architect\u003c\/i\u003e examines Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943 and expands the traditional interpretations of fascism, advancing the claim that Mussolini devised and implemented architecture as a tool capable of determining public behaviour and influencing opinion. Paolo Nicoloso challenges the assertion that Mussolini was of minimal influence on Italian architecture and argues that in fact the fascist leader played a strong role in encouraging civic architectural development in order to reflect the totalitarian values of the period. Drawing on archival documents, Nicoloso lists the architects who gave Mussolini ideas and describes the times when the dictator himself sometimes picked up a pencil and suggested changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the political, social, and architectural history of the fascist period, \u003ci\u003eMussolini, Architect\u003c\/i\u003e gives careful attention to the final years of fascist rule in order to demonstrate the extent to which Mussolini was intent on shaping Italy and its citizens through architectural projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paolo Nicoloso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144263104X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442631045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Paolo Nicoloso","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132464132351,"sku":"9781442631045","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6ee9e67-d73e-4b4f-a99a-4072d4c0ecbc.jpg?v=1687480356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mussolini-architect-paolo-nicoloso-9781442631045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}