Elena Miltiadis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Roskilde University, where she holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. She is a social anthropologist, whose work draws on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork and explores themes of place-making, the legacies of contested pasts, temporality and youth participation in politics, with a focus on Italy and Chile.

“Excellent writing and captivating in style … this is a theoretically scrupulous and methodologically dedicated piece of research that delves into the nuances of conceptualizing local identity.” • Marco-Benoît Carbone, Brunel University London“This is a well-written book which deals with a little known but quite intriguing history of the Italian town of Latina. It is both a classic European ethnography in the mould of the greats of bygone years (such as John Davis) and a contemporary, even future-oriented take on temporality, absence and existentialism.” • Daniel M. Knight, University of St. Andrews

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Invisible CityChapter 1. The City and Its SpectralityChapter 2. The Making of Latina: aA Radical HistoryChapter 3. The City and the NationChapter 4. The ‘New Towns’Chapter 5. The Absent Presence of the Fascist PastChapter 6. The City Aas LivedConclusion: Latina’s Spectral WithinReferencesIndex