| Description | | - Places the rise of fascism and the two World Wars in wider context of Italian history
- Includes separate discussion of cultural life, including the visual arts, literature, and social and political thought
- Brings together authoritative and lively chapters by a leading international team of scholars
- Adrian Lyttelton links the chapters together in a substantial introduction and conclusion which draw together the key areas of debate
| The period from 1900 to 1945 was one of the most dramatic in Italian history. It embraced two world wars, the crisis of the liberal state, and the advent of a new form of dictatorship destined to leave an imprint on the whole history of Europe. It was also a period in which Italian economy and society began to undergo that process of transformation which led to the modern, industrialized Italy
of today. Italian writers and artists responded creatively to change and the contribution to European culture of such figures as Croce, Gramsci, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, De Chirico, or the Futurists was one of primary importance.
This volume discusses these developments in depth, paying particular attention to the social and moral conflicts resulting from modernization, war, and the impact of the
totalitarian experiment of Fascism. The interaction between foreign and domestic policy is also explored. The final chapter considers three strands of cultural life: visual arts, literature, and social thought.
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Readership: Undergraduates studying Italian history or fascism in this period, and general readers interested in fascism, the World Wars, and modern Italian history.
| Contents |
Introduction
,
Adrian Lyttelton
1.
State and society
,
Paul Corner
2.
Church, state, and Catholicism
,
Alice A. Kelikian
3.
The economy
,
Marcello De Cecco
4.
Italy and the crisis of the international order
,
Thomas Row
5.
Fascist Ideology, foreign policy, and war
,
MacGregor Knox
6.
The totalitarian experiment
,
Emile Gentile
7.
Modernization and daily life
,
Bruno Wanrooij
8.
The visual arts
,
Emily Braun
9.
Literature
,
John Woodhouse
10.
Social and political thought
,
Richard Bellamy
Conclusion
,
Adrian Lyttelton
Maps
Further Reading
Chronology
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Adrian Lyttelton, Adjunct Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University Center, Bologna
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