From Fascism to Democracy : : Culture and Politics in the Italian Election of 1948 /

From Fascism to Democracy : : Culture and Politics in the Italian Election of 1948 / / Robert Ventresca.

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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 centr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Ventresca, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2003
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations: Italian Political Parties, 1944-1948
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Legacy of Fascism: Redefining Italy after Mussolini
  • 2. Guns, Butter, and Good Ole Yankee Know-How: America's Crusade to Defeat Italian Communism
  • 3. Madonnas, Miracles, and the Pulpit as Soapbox: The Use of the Sacred in the Campaign for Christ
  • 4. Salerno Betrayed: Italian Communism from Participation to Confrontation
  • 5. When Politics Reaches the Altar: Catholic Action Gets Out the Vote
  • 6. Battle of the Senses: The Propaganda War
  • 7. A Free and Fair Election? The Campaign
  • 8. The Day After
  • Epilogue: Politics in a New Key or Blocked Democracy?
  • Appendix. On Elections: Voting in 1948
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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