Introduction: The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World’s Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860–1915

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World’s Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860–1915 1
5. 1 Prologues to World’s Fairs: National Expositions and Nation Building in Turin 15
6. 2 Turin 1911: The ‘Fabulous Exposition’ 79
7. 3 Emilio Salgari: Writing Exposition Style 123
8. 4 Guido Gozzano’s Imperial Ambiguities 176
9. Conclusion 269
10. Notes 273
11. Bibliography 317
12. Index 339