Centenario della Prima guerra mondiale: la Grande guerra in digitale

Corni, Gustavo

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“…Until the turn of the twentieth century, these ideals of peaceful coexistence were shared both by Germans and a part of the Italian population, as a reminder of a transnational culture in which Italy – ever since the Grand Tour (De Seta 2011; Brilli 2014, 15–58) – had hosted the protagonists of European culture for centuries (Finotti 2016, 437–439). Subsequently, the seeds of mutual aversion began to grow and diplomatic tensions escalated (Corni 2008).…”

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The disputed lake: Lake Garda between tourism and nationalism on the eve of the Great War

Pasini

2022

Mod. Italy

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This article reconstructs the heated – local and national – debate around the consistent and pervasive foreign presence in the border territory of Lake Garda on the eve of the Great War. Here, the growing nationalistic tensions that preceded the conflict intertwined with the emerging hospitality industry. Tourism, seen as a social phenomenon, can thus offer a privileged perspective on the transformations of the general context of the time. Introduced by Austro-Germanic inhabitants of the lake at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the hospitality industry on Lake Garda flourished up to the eve of the Great War. There were, however, also opponents to this model of development. The dispute escalated to the point that, in the perception of the locals, the ‘outsiders’ turned into ‘enemies’ and Lake Garda increasingly became a disputed area: a symbol of the tensions of the time.

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Section: The German-speaking Enclave In Italian Territorymentioning

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The disputed lake: Lake Garda between tourism and nationalism on the eve of the Great War

Pasini

2022

Mod. Italy

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Centenario della Prima guerra mondiale: la Grande guerra in digitale

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The disputed lake: Lake Garda between tourism and nationalism on the eve of the Great War

The disputed lake: Lake Garda between tourism and nationalism on the eve of the Great War

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