How and why has the city of Florence, one of the great treasure
houses of western civilization, been reduced to little more than a
Renaissance Disneyland for tourists? Florence, once a center of
national intellectual creativity, has become a city with two
separate lives. Its historic center caters to and profits from
tourists, while the periphery houses a population that endures
overcrowding, decaying infrastructure, and an exorbitant cost of
living. In "Politics in a Museum," James Miller investigates
Florence's losing struggle with modern times.
He traces the city's story from its bloody liberation in 1944
through a reconstruction led by Communist and Catholic saints, the
flood of 1966, the booms and busts of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
In the process, Miller provides an analysis of the defects of
Italy's national political system, as well as a meticulous
reconstruction of the men and events that have placed Florence
alongside Venice in the unenviable status of museum city.
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