General Information

Author/Creator

Baldoli, Claudia, 1970-

Language

English.

Published

Oxford ; New York : Berg. 2003.

Physical Description

v, 217 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

How did Italians living in Britain respond to Mussolini's fascism? What links did ex-pat fascists forge with the British Right? To what extent did Italophilia exist in Britain during the Mussolini years? Exporting Fascism addresses these questions, which have long been ignored by historians. While there is much material available about Nazi sympathizers in the United Kingdom, there is comparatively very little about Italophile fascist sympathizers. The author uncovers the policy of Mussolini's government to transform Italian communities abroad into 'little Fascist Italies'. Ambassador Dino Grandi had great success in the fascistization campaign of Italian emigrants through such means as Italian community newspapers and fascist summer camps and schools. The author also examines the links forged between Italian fascism and the British Right. Specifically, she uncovers the Italophilia that dominated the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in the first half of the 1930s, later to be replaced with an admiration for National Socialism. She also examines the BUF's activities within Italy, which have thus far remained almost entirely unknown. Exporting Fascism sheds new light on a neglected aspect of the international fascist movement at the dawn of the Second World War.

Subjects

Subject

Civilization > Italian influences.

Public opinion, British.

Fascism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Fascism > Italy > History > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Claudia Baldoli.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

1859737560

1859737617

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	327.14/0945/0941 BAL		General Stacks	-

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