The Shaping of Tuscany Landscape and Society between Tradition and Modernity

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Land, Nation, Race: Reclaiming Tuscany's Hill Country under Fascism (1929-1944) -- Integral Compromises: The Paradoxes of Fascist Ruralism -- A Genealogy of Tuscan Ruralism -- Fascist Redemption in Practice: The Orcia Valley -- Fascist Redemption in Practice: The Chianti -- 2 Newer Beginnings: The Landscape of Social Strife (1945-1956) -- Overview: The Tuscan Countryside between Revolt and Reform -- Crossing Boundaries -- Staking Out Territory -- Farm, Nation, World -- 3 Left Behind: The Rural Exodus (1957-1970) -- Queen Vine: The Exodus and the Rise of Vine Monocropping in the Chianti -- Rural Settlement in the Age of the Exodus -- 4 The Uses of Emptiness: Rural Tuscany after the Exodus (1970-1985) -- Visions of Green: Irrigation Plans in Southern Tuscany -- A Landscape of Dread and Civility: Debating the Sardinian Shepherds' Migration to Rural Tuscany -- 5 The Farmhouse and the Museum: Rural Tuscany as Patrimony -- The Tuscan Farmhouse from Work Tool to Historical Monument -- Monuments to Memory: Rural Museums in Tuscany -- 6 Searching for the Bel Paesaggio: Norming and Litigating the Landscape -- Norming the Landscape -- Val d'Orcia: The Making of a World Heritage Site -- Chianti: A Landscape Above All -- Conclusion -- Index