Imaging Failure. The Abandoned Lives of the Italian South

An extraordinary historical and anthropological study through striking and fascinating photographs.During the reconstruction of its economy following World War II, Italy implemented a program of land reform, the Riforma Fondiaria (1950 - 1972), which had profound effects across Italy, most of all in the south. Half a century later, what became a spectacular disaster for the people and a bonanza for the state has left its physical evi