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Rethinking the History of Italian Fascism book cover

1st Edition

Rethinking the History of Italian Fascism

Edited By Giulia Albanese Copyright 2022
332 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In the last years, the discussion around what is fascism, if this concept can be applied to present forms of politics and if its seeds are still present today, became central in the political debate. This discussion led to a vast reconsideration of the meaning and the experience of fascism in Europe and is changing the ways in which scholars of different generations look at this political... Read more
 0. Giulia Albanese

Introduction

  1. Matteo Millan

    2. Squadrismo and Repression. An Italian Road to Violence?

  2. Valeria Deplano

    3. From the colonies to the empire. Africa and the national fascist project

  3. Claudia Baldoli

    4. The Regime’s Military Defeat: War and Bombings

  4. Matteo Di Figlia

    5. The fascist ruling class. The geography of power between centre and periphery

  5. Bruno Settis

    6. Fascist economy.　Private powers and State intervention

  6. Gabriele Rigano

    7. Fascism and Religion: a Religious Creed for the Imperial Nation

  7. Angelo Matteo Caglioti

    8. Science and Fascism, or Fascist Science? Meteorology in Fascist Italy

  8. Roberta Pergher

    9. Subject citizens: The meaning of citizenship under Fascism

  9. Ilaria Pavan

    10. The Fascist Welfare State: Continuities, Ruptures, Mediations

  10. Joshua Arthurs

    11. Alltagsgeschichte Italian-Style? New Perspectives on Everyday Life in Fascist Italy

  11. Alessio Gagliardi

    12. "To Educate" or to Entertain? Propaganda, Mass Media, and Mass Culture

  12. Marco Bresciani

    13. Becoming Antifascist: Uncertainties, Dilemmas, Contradictions vis-à-vis Italian Fascism

  13. Giulia Albanese

The Fascist Model Abroad. Not Just Propaganda (1922-1935)

Biography

Giulia Albanese is Associate Professor of Modern History at the University of Padua, Italy. Her research focuses on Fascism and transnational fascism, political violence. She is the author of Dittature mediterranee. Sovversioni Fasciste e colpi di stato in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo (2016) and The March on Rome (2019).

"Many popular (and some academic) authors who glibly use the term Fascism will benefit from a close reading of these (previously unpublished) essays written by scholars working toward understanding that system in its Italian historical context. This collection highlights fundamental topics (e.g., religion, economics, empire, and social welfare policies) as they relate to Mussolini’s Fascist state - R. T. Ingoglia, St.Thomas Aquinas College, CHOICE Magazine Recommended Title

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