Storia della società anglo-romana per l'illuminazione di Roma col gas ed altri sistemi (1847-1929)

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HISTORY OF THE SOCIETA'€ ANGLO-ROMANA PER L'€™ILLUMINAZIONE DI ROMA COL GAS ED ALTRI SISTEMI (1847-1929) This work reconstructs the evolution of the lighting of Rome from the middle of the XIX century to the twenties of the XX century, through the history of the Anglo-Roman Society for the lighting of Rome with gas and other systems. After the origination of the public and private gas lighting under the pope Pio IX, it continues with the analysis of the fifteen years preceding the proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Italian State, which is a key point in the history of the gas lighting and of the firm itself. During this period the company sets the ground of its natural and institutional monopoly, but struggles to put into practice the principle of subsidiarity between public and private consumption, in the context of a peripheral and underdeveloped country such as that of the pontifical State. In the seventies, and even more in the following decade, the success of the Anglo

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