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Milan Since the Miracle:

City, Culture and Identity
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Berg, Oct 1, 2001 - History - 240 pages
This book is the first comprehensive post-war history of one of Europe's most vibrant cities throughout an extraordinary period of social, cultural and economic change. The capital of Italy's economic miracle of the 1950s and 60s, Milan was a magnet for immigrants, as industry, design and culture created a heady mix of wealth, innovation and conflict. By the 1980s, heavy industry had all but disappeared and the city had reinvented itself as the world capital of fashion and a dynamic post-industrial metropolis. Meanwhile, the urban landscape was darkened by the bleak estates of the peripheries and the corruption scandals that exploded in what became known as 'Tangentopoli', or Bribesville.

This fascinating book traces Milan's 'biography' through its buildings, design, fashion, cinema, families, immigrants and television. The city emerges as a potent economic power-house and laboratory for change, where art and culture converge in a modern but problematic urban space. Anyone interested in Italian history, urban studies or the future of Europe's cities will find this book an essential read.
  

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Contents

Milan City of Fragments
1
TheBoomand After
19
Milan and Mass Immigration 19502000
37
Milan and Cinema 19452000
71
The History and Impact of Television
85
Capital of Design Capital of Fashion
109
Myth and Reality 19502000
135
The Images of the City 19802000
157
Whose City? Which City?
181
The History of Milan since 1945 Society Culture
187
Bibliography
201
Index
229
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About the author (2001)

Dr. John Foot is a Research Fellow, at the University College London.

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TitleMilan Since the Miracle: City, Culture and Identity
AuthorJohn Foot
Editionillustrated
PublisherBerg, 2001
ISBN1859735509, 9781859735503
Length240 pages
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Business & Economics / Economic History
History / Europe / Italy
  
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