Urban Growth and Statistical Sources: Rome During the Liberal and Fascist Periods
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The article aims to illustrate the urban expansion of Rome during the liberal and fascist
periods, favouring the use of quantitative sources. The development and critical analysis of the
sources are two central elements of the work, which uses both the statistics produced by the central
administration and the municipal investigations. The multiplicity of the sources and the wide
chronological period considered (1870-1938) allow a diachronic analysis of the forms and instruments
used to measure the city, closely linked to the purposes of the statistics and the relationship
between the State and the peripheral authorities.
The article aims to illustrate the urban expansion of Rome during the liberal and fascist
periods, favouring the use of quantitative sources. The development and critical analysis of the
sources are two central elements of the work, which uses both the statistics produced by the central
administration and the municipal investigations. The multiplicity of the sources and the wide
chronological period considered (1870-1938) allow a diachronic analysis of the forms and instruments
used to measure the city, closely linked to the purposes of the statistics and the relationship
between the State and the peripheral authorities.