From Fascism to Democracy : Culture and Politics in the Italian Election of 1948 Hardback
by Robert Ventresca
Part of the Toronto Italian Studies series
Hardback
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From Fascism to Democracy tells the story of the birth of the post-war Italian political system through the lens of a single event: the Italian national election of 1948, the first parliamentary election of the Republican era.
Robert A. Ventresca offers the first comprehensive analysis of this central topic of contemporary Italian and European history.
Bringing together the broad political and diplomatic narrative of 1948 with the social and psychological dimensions that determined how ordinary Italians experienced the election campaign, this book is about much more than just a political event.
Broad in scope, it is a story about the fall of Fascism and the achievements of the Italian Resistance, Italian political culture, American influence in Italian politics at the start of the Cold War, and the interaction between Italy's secular and religious traditions.
From Fascism to Democracy expands on the common understanding of what is 'political' to examine how such factors as popular piety, gender, and historical memory became intertwined with the politics of Italy's fledgling democracy.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:14/02/2004
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- ISBN:9780802087683
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:14/02/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780802087683
