The baraccati of Rome: internal migration, housing, and poverty in fascist Italy (1924-1933)

Stefano Chianese

No 6, HHB Working Papers Series from The Historical Household Budgets Project

Abstract:

Newly discovered archival material is used to document the standard of living of slum dwellers in fascist Rome. As part of the regime's effort to suppress growing shanty towns in the capital, the Governorate of Rome conducted a census in 1933, gathering information on the identity and living conditions of their inhabitants, the "baraccati". The paper analyzes the mostly migrant families of the shanty towns, identifying their social and demographic characteristics.

Keywords: fascism; household budgets; housing; internal migration; poverty; slum dwellers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N34 N94 R23 R38 R39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2016-11-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-his, nep-mig and nep-ure
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