Archaeology, ideology and urbanism in Rome from the grand tour to Berlusconi / Stephen L. Dyson.

Includes bibliographical references.

Rome in the eighteenth century -- French intervention and papal reaction -- Archaeology and urbanism in the waning days of papal Rome -- Archaeology and urbanism in Rome during the early decades of the national state -- Development and archaeology in Roma Capitale -- Museums, markets, and display in the new Rome -- Archaeology and urbanism in Fascist Rome -- Mostras and museums in Fascist Rome -- Quietism, conformity and chaos : urbanism and archaeology in the 1950's and 1960's -- A new generation, a new politics, and a new archaeology -- The end of an era : the Giubileo, the Ara Pacis, and the twilight of the heirs of Bianchi Bandinelli -- Afterword.

"This study has grown out of several long standing scholarly interests and personal enthusiasms. First and foremost is my devotion to Rome, not just the ancient city of the classicists and archaeologists, but medieval, early modern, and modern Rome. Much of that fascination comes from the fact that Rome is not a museum, but a living, dynamic city, shaped, informed, and constrained by its past, but never subservient to it"--