Beschreibung:
This book shows how the seemingly immutable Tuscan landscape was largely shaped by modern conflicts over economic resources and cultural meanings.
Introduction; 1. Race, nation, land: reclaiming Tuscany's hill country under Fascism; 2. Newer beginnings: the landscape of social strife; 3. Left behind: the rural exodus; 4. The uses of emptiness: rural Tuscany after the exodus; 5. The farmhouse and the museum: Tuscany as patrimony; 6. Searching for the Bel Paesaggio: norming and litigating the landscape; Conclusion; Index.