General Information

Uniform Title

Grande Italia.

Author/Creator

Gentile, Emilio, 1946-

Language

English.

Published

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.

Physical Description

xiv, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series

George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history

Subjects

Subject

Nationalism > Italy > History > 20th century.

Fascism > Italy > History > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Emilio Gentile ; translated by Suzanne Dingee and Jennifer Pudney.

Note

Originally published as La grande Italia : ascesa e declino del mito della nazione nel ventesimo secolo. Milano : Mondadori, 1997.

Content

Preface: The Italies of the Italians -- Notes from the author -- Prologue: The Fatherland's Jubilee -- Part One: The Fatherland of the Italians 1. Modernity, Freedom, Italianità -- 2. Complex of Greatness -- 3. The Italies of Monarchic Italy -- Part Two: Which Italy? 4. The Metamorphosis of a Myth -- 5. Italianism and Modernity -- 6. Italian Imperialists -- 7. The Man and the Patriot -- Part Three: The Fascist Nation. 8. Italy in Black Shirts -- 9. Remaking the Italians -- 10. A New Imperial Civilization -- 11. The Fascist War -- 12. The Failed Identity -- Part Four: No-man's-Land. 13. Where Is Italy? -- 14. Pull the Idol Down -- 15. In Search of a Fatherland -- Part Five: The Country of Political Parties. 16. A Great but Small Nation -- 17. A Myth for the Republic -- 18. The Italies of Republican Italy -- Conclusion: The Jubilee of the Simulacrum.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

9780299228101

9780299228149

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	320.54094509/04 GEN		General Stacks	-

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