Building fascism, communism, liberal democracy : Gaetano Ciocca--architect, inventor, farmer, writer, engineer / Jeffrey T. Schnapp.

By:

Schnapp, Jeffrey T. (Jeffrey Thompson), 1954-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004Description: xiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

0804748772
9780804748773

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DDC classification:

620/.0092

LOC classification:

B TA 140 C576S 2004

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Summary: This book tells the tale of the prolific Italian architect, inventor, farmer, writer, and engineer Gaetano Ciocca, whose career took him from the battlefronts of World War I to Stalin's Russia, Mussolini's Italy, FDR's America, and finally to postwar liberal-democratic Italy. Like celebrated counterparts such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Ciocca was a visionary so confident in his vision of a future in which all aspects of life would be rationalized and modernized that no set of practical or political obstacles could ever stand in his way. Ciocca's endeavors included the development of "fast houses," a "theater for 20,000 spectators," the "guided roadway," and the rationalist pig farms referred to by Carlo Belli as "Ciocca's Grand Hotel for Pigs.""--BOOK JACKET

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	B TA 140 C576S 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000064765

Includes bibliographical references and index

This book tells the tale of the prolific Italian architect, inventor, farmer, writer, and engineer Gaetano Ciocca, whose career took him from the battlefronts of World War I to Stalin's Russia, Mussolini's Italy, FDR's America, and finally to postwar liberal-democratic Italy. Like celebrated counterparts such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Ciocca was a visionary so confident in his vision of a future in which all aspects of life would be rationalized and modernized that no set of practical or political obstacles could ever stand in his way. Ciocca's endeavors included the development of "fast houses," a "theater for 20,000 spectators," the "guided roadway," and the rationalist pig farms referred to by Carlo Belli as "Ciocca's Grand Hotel for Pigs.""--BOOK JACKET

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