Excavating Modernity
ISBN: 9780801468841
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Cornell University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Museum exhibits; Fascism and culture; Archaeology and state;

Italian Fascism's appropriation of the Roman past--the idea of Rome, or romanità--remains an enduring facet of Mussolini's regime. Excavating Modernity offers a critical assessment of romanità and its individuals, institutions, and initiatives.


Joshua Arthurs is Assistant Professor of History at West Virginia University.

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