Assignment for Monday, 04-20-15

Dear Readers of Rome,

For Monday, April 20, please do the following:

(1) Read the last section of the Historical Sketch in the Blue Guide, "Rome, the Secular Capital" (pp. 29–30).

(2) Download, print, and read the excerpts from Borden Painter's excellent book, Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2005).

(3) Download, print, and read Alexander Stille's essay, "The Double-Bind of Italian Jews."

All of our readings will speak to both the continuing transformation of Rome into a modern capital, and the costs that come with that transformation.

DC