The Machine Has a Soul : : American Sympathy with Italian Fascism / / Katy Hull.

A historical look at the American fascination with Italian fascism during the interwar periodIn the interwar years, the United States grappled with economic volatility and Americans expressed anxieties about a decline in moral values, the erosion of families and communities, and the decay of democra...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:America in the World ; 39
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 15 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Machine with a Soul
  • 1. The Good Adventure: Fascist Squads in a War-Weary World
  • 2 Mystic in a Morning Coat: Americans’ Mussolini in the 1920s
  • 3 The Dream Machine: The Fascist State in an Era of Democratic Disillusionment
  • 4 Man as the Measure of All Things: Sympathizing with Fascism in the Early Depression Years
  • 5 The Garden of Fascism: Beauty, Transcendence, and Peace in an Era of Uncertainty
  • Conclusion: Searching for Soul under the Sign of the Machine
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index