General Information

Author/Creator

Bosworth, R. J. B., 1943-

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Arnold, 1998.

Physical Description

x, 269 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

A study of the "myth of Fascism," this book offers a detailed critique of historical accounts of Mussolini and his regime, including writings from 1917 to 1997. Bosworth reviews Fascist, conservative, liberal, and Marxist interpretations of Fascism, and provides insight into the social history of dictatorship and its cultural legacy. This careful inquiry skillfully probes the key debates surrounding Fascism.

Subjects

Subject

Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.

Fascism > Italy > Historiography.

Historiography > Italy > History > 20th century.

Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945 > Historiography.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

R. J. B. Bosworth.

Content

Introduction -- The Italian "Second Republic" and the history of Fascism: finding or losing a usable past? -- Italian Fascism: early understandings 1919-1959 /Mussolini the "Duce": Sawdust Caesar, Roman statesman or Dictator Minor? -- Fascist foreign and racial policies: one man alone? -- Fascist politics and economies: Mussolini, corporatism, totalitarianism, bureaucratism or continuity? -- Fascist society: "totalitarian" modernisation or Catholic/ peasant/ male tradition? -- The traces of Fascism in music, film, literature and memory: a Fascist cultural legacy? -- Resistance or Civil War 1943-5? -- Italian Fascism and models of Fascism -- Conclusion.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

0340677287

0340677279

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	945.09/072 BOS		General Stacks	-

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