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1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Series |
Remapping Cultural History |
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Remapping cultural history.
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| Contents |
Illustrations; Maps; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 -- Urban Change in an Ordinary City: Naples during the 1990s; Chapter 1 -- The Centro Storico: History of a Concept and Place; Chapter 2 -- Between the General and the Particular: A Neapolitan Version of 'Urban Regeneration'; Chapter 3 -- The Left, the Politics of Citizenship and Shifting Ideas about Naples; Chapter 4 -- Public Space and Urban Change; Part 2 -- The Making of a Regeneration Symbol: Heritage, Decorum and the Incursions of the Everyday in Piazza Plebiscito; Chapter 5 -- Enter the Historic Piazza |
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Chapter 6 -- From Royal Courtyard to Car ParkChapter 7 -- The Regeneration of Piazza Plebiscito; Chapter 8 -- Sous les Paves, la Place!: An Ethnography of the New Piazza Plebiscito; Chapter 9 -- Exit Piazza Plebiscito: Rethinking 'Civic' Space; Part 3 -- Deprovincializing Urban Regeneration: Piazza Garibaldi and Immigration during the Bassolino Era; Chapter 10 -- Enter the Station Piazza; Chapter 11 -- Antechamber to the Southern Italian Capital (1860-1994); Chapter 12 -- Piazza Garibaldi as an Unregenerate Space (1994-2001); Chapter 13 -- Mapping Immigrant Experiences In and Of Piazza Garibaldi |
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Chapter 14 -- Exit Piazza Garibaldi (Re)connecting Immigration and Urban RenewalPart 4 -- An Alternative Idea of Public Space: The Centro Sociale in Montesanto; Chapter 15 -- Enter a Neighbourhood Park; Chapter 16 -- The Popular Neighbourhoods in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 17 -- Diego Armando Maradona Montesanto (DAMM): Collective Action over Public Space in Montesanto; Chapter 18 -- Exit DAMM: The Constitutive Role of Collective Action upon Public Space; Conclusion: Rethinking Urban Change in Late Twentieth-century Naples; Glossary of Italian Terms; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic centre through detailed case studies of two piazzas and a centro sociale, focusing on a series of issues that include decorum, security, pedestrianization, tourism, immigration and new forms of urban protest. This monograph is the first in-depth study of the complex transformations of one of Eu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public spaces -- Italy -- Naples
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Urbanization -- Italy -- Naples
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City planning -- Italy -- Naples
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Land use, Urban -- Italy -- Naples
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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City planning
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Land use, Urban
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Public spaces
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Urbanization
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Italy -- Naples
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857452801 |
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0857452800 |
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