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Author Ebner, Michael R., 1972-

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

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "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 Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1922-1945.
Italy.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1922-1945
Subject Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Fascism.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Political violence -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Political violence.
Political persecution -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution.
Deportation -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Deportation.
Imprisonment -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Imprisonment.
State-sponsored terrorism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism.
Italy -- Social conditions -- 1918-1945.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1918-1945
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ebner, Michael R., 1972- Ordinary violence in Mussolini's Italy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521762137 (DLC) 2010019594 (OCoLC)624036922
ISBN 9781139145008 (electronic book)
1139145002 (electronic book)
9780511778728 (electronic book)
0511778724 (electronic book)
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