Ordinary violence in Mussolini's Italy / Michael R. Ebner.

Author/creator Ebner, Michael R., 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
Fascism--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Political violence--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Political persecution--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Deportation--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Imprisonment--Italy. --History. --20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Fascism--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Political violence--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Political persecution--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Deportation--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Imprisonment--Italy. --History. --20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism--Italy. --History. --20th century.
Italy--Politics and government. --1922-1945.
Italy--Social conditions. --1918-1945.
Italy--Politics and government. --1922-1945.
Italy--Social conditions. --1918-1945.

Contents Introduction: The Fascist archipelago -- Squad violence -- Institutions of Fascist violence -- Breaking the anti-fascists, 1926-1934 -- The archipelago -- The politics of pardons -- Everyday political crime -- Ordinary Fascist violence -- The politics of everyday life.
Abstract "Between 1926 and 1943, the Fascist regime arrested thousands of Italians and deported them to island internment colonies and small villages in southern Italy. Ordinary violence in Mussolini's Italy analyses this system of political confinement and, more broadly, its effects on Italian society, revealing the centrality of political violence to Fascist rule. In doing so, the book shatters the widely accepted view that the Mussolini regime ruled without a system of mass repression. The Fascist state ruled Italy violently, projecting its coercive power deeply and diffusely into society through confinement, imprisonment, low-level physical assaults, economic deprivations, intimidation, discrimination, and other quotidian forms of coercion. Moreover, by promoting denunciatory practices, the regime cemented the loyalties of "upstanding" citizens while suppressing opponents, dissenters, and social outsiders. Fascist repression was thus more intense and ideological than previously thought and even shared some important similarities with Nazi and Soviet terror"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010019594
ISBN9780521762137 (hardback)
ISBN0521762138 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks DG571 .E315 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold