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Environment in History: International Perspectives

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Fault Lines

Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy

Giacomo Parrinello

274 pages, 23 illus., 2 tables, bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-78238-950-7 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Published (May 2015)

ISBN  978-1-78920-809-2 $34.95/£27.95 / Pb / Published (April 2020)

eISBN 978-1-78238-951-4 eBook

https://doi.org/10.3167/9781782389507


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WINNER OF THE 2016 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN STUDIES  BOOK AWARD FOR 20TH & 21ST CENTURY CATEGORY

WINNER OF THE 2016 ANCI-STORIA BOOK PRIZE. AWARDED BY ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MODERN HISTORY (SISSCO) AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES (ANCI)

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Fault Lines provides a critical and novel lens through which to understand the intersections between natural disasters, planning and politics.” • Modern Italian Studies

“This book by Giacomo Parrinello is an important source to be added to this field of study. Hopefully, the topics explored here will soon become an established part of academic research and of social and political debates, and not just an issue superficially and randomly considered when a disaster happens.” • Undisciplined Environments

“Its many historiographical references, the multiplicity of sources, the analytical finesse, the wealth of insights and a fluid writing style make this book a stimulating and interesting reading for anyone interested in urban and environmental history.” • Il Mestiere di Storico

“an original an innovative study…an effective and fascinating narrative structure…a very rigorous research” From the motivation of the Anci Storia Award

“In this book Parrinello combines two research paths, investigating the two most important Sicilian earthquakes of the twentieth century, the 1908 Messina earthquake/tsunami and the 1968 Belice earthquake. The result is an original and innovative study both in its methodology and primary source acquisition. The effective and fascinating narrative structure opens with a focus on the two seismic events which make the subject of the two sections of the book, and offers a tragic picture of their unfolding and immediate consequences on society and the environment.” • Anci Storia Review

“This book by Giacomo Parrinello is an important source to be added to [the study of disasters]. Hopefully, the topics explored here will soon become an established part of academic research and of social and political debates, and not just an issue superficially and randomly considered when a disaster happens.” • Il Lavoro Culturale

“The challenge that Parrinello posed in the introduction – let the earthquake speak – has been crowned with success.” • Global Environment

“An extremely interesting and well-written book, which takes two major Italian disasters in detail and uses them to tell a series of stories about urban change, the state, national identity, and other issues… The author is passionate about the subject matter he is dealing with—and the material itself is red hot.” • John Foot, University of Bristol

“This is a really fascinating and innovative study on disaster perception and management, on urban-rural development, and on the interconnections of environmental, political, social, and economic history. An essential book for all who want to better understand Sicily's history in the twentieth century.” • Christian Rohr, University of Bern

Description

Earth’s fractured geology is visible in its fault lines. It is along these lines that earthquakes occur, sometimes with disastrous effects. These disturbances can significantly influence urban development, as seen in the aftermath of two earthquakes in Messina, Italy, in 1908 and in the Belice Valley, Sicily, in 1968. Following the history of these places before and after their destruction, this book explores plans and developments that preceded the disasters and the urbanism that emerged from the ruins. These stories explore fault lines between “rural” and “urban,” “backwardness” and “development,” and “before” and “after,” shedding light on the role of environmental forces in the history of human habitats.

Giacomo Parrinello is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University and the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna. He has published in the fields of environmental history, history of urban planning, and modern Italian history.

Subject: Environmental Studies (General)History: 20th Century to Present
Area: Southern Europe


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