Evicted from Eternity The Restructuring of Modern Rome

Michael Herzfeld

ISBN 10: 0226329127 / ISBN 13: 9780226329123

Published by The University Of Chicago Press Mär 2009, 2009

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Neuware - Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evicted from Eternity The Restructuring of Modern Rome
• Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press Mär 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226329127
• ISBN 13: 9780226329123
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 155H x 24D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 604 grams

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Synopsis

Modern Rome is a city rife with contradictions. Once the seat of ancient glory, it is now often the object of national contempt. It plays a significant part on the world stage, but the concerns of its residents are often deeply parochial. And while they live in the seat of a world religion, Romans can be vehemently anticlerical. These tensions between the past and the present, the global and the local, make Rome fertile ground to study urban social life, the construction of the past, the role of religion in daily life, and how a capital city relates to the rest of the nation.

Michael Herzfeld focuses on Rome’s historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economical, political, and social change. Evicted from Eternity tells the story of the gentrification of Monti—once the architecturally stunning home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, corrupt officials, dithering politicians, deceptive clerics, and shady thugs. As Herzfeld picks apart the messy story of Monti’s transformation, he ranges widely over many aspects of life there and in the rest of the city, richly depicting the uniquely local landscape of globalization in Rome.

About the Author

Michael Herzfeld is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University and has taught at several other universities worldwide. He is the author of many books.