Imaging Failure: The Abandoned Lives of the Italian South

by Steven Seidenberg

An extraordinary historical and anthropological study of Italy through striking and fascinating photographs. During reconstruction of the Italian economy following World War II, the newly established Italian republic and its American allies implemented a program of land reform, the Riforma Fondiaria, which ran from 1950 to 1972. With funding from the Marshall Plan, the Italian state attempted to inhibit the popularity of the communist party and other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8869658120
• ISBN13: 9788869658129
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Contrasto
• Length: 160 Pages