Mussolini and Italian Fascism

ISBN-13: 9781405812535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 206 str.

Giuseppe Finaldi

Opis

An accessible introduction to one of the most important movements of the European 20th Century.

• Offers students a plethora of features including Documents, Chronology, Glossary and a Who's Who section
• Contextualises Fascist Italy with reference to Italian unification and Europe as a whole
• Fascism was one of the defining experiences of the European 20th Century, students will benefit from the broad coverage of this text in their Modern History studies

Spis treści

Part One: background.  1. Perspectives on modern Italian history.  2. Perspectives on the study of Fascism.  Part Two: Mussolini and Italian Fascism.  3. The Origins of Italian Fascism 1870-1917.  4. Fascism as movement 1917-1921.  5. The road to dictatorship 1921-1926.  6. The Fascist Regime 1926-1936.  7. Mussolini and Hitler 1936-1938.  8. The Second World War and the end of fascism, 1938-45.  Part Three: Conclusion.  9.  The place of Italian fascism in European history.  Part Four: Documents.  Further reading.  References.  Index.

O autorze

Giuseppe Finaldi is a lecturer in History at the University of Western Australia. He has worked extensively on Italian social and cultural history in the 19th and 20th centuries.