Turin et ses miroirs fêlés

Turin and its Cracked Mirrors. This article on urban history analyses the relationship between urbanization and industrialization in Turin at an historical moment (1860-1914) which has often been used to verify marginalist and neoclassical economic theories. Using sample areas, it shows to what extent real estate markets remained imperfect, industrial rationality stayed just short of the limit of urban organization, and the construction of residential neighborhoods resulted from the symbolic and formal values of a variety of architectural styles. During its industrial boom, Turin still proved to be a town built fragmentarily, in accordance with discontinuous modalities.Olmo Carlo. Turin et ses miroirs fêlés. In: Annales. Economies, sociétés, civilisations. 44ᵉ année, N. 4, 1989. pp. 759-791