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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791659903321

Autore

Belco Victoria <1952->

Titolo

War, massacre, and recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 / / Victoria C. Belco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-9849-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (603 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Classificazione

cci1icc

Disciplina

945.091

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Italy, Central

Civilians in war - Italy, Central - History - 20th century

Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Italy - Citizen participation

History

Italy History German occupation, 1943-1945

Italy History 1945-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: from war to peace -- Situating the villages -- Italy at war -- Variations on a massacre -- Completing the disintegration -- Life with the Allies -- True victims and the truly needy -- Restitution, reparations, and rewards -- Restoring the community -- Rebuilding the commune -- Private property, public good, and the housing crisis -- Mezzadria struggle and social change: the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' -- Unemployment -- Pure politics -- Honouring the dead -- Conclusion: after war and massacre.

Sommario/riassunto

Studying the aftermath of war in a new and insightful way, Victoria C. Belco shifts the perspective from the national to the local level. With this localized focus, she provides valuable insight into the ways in which civilians coped with an overwhelming range of problems - from adjusting to Allied occupation and widespread displacement to rampant unemployment and the restructuring of local administrations and institutions after fascism. Recreating the post-war atmosphere of disorder, need, and political upheaval, Belco shows how the competing community interests caused social fragmentations that impeded



change, while the unity of a shared past prevented civil war."--Pub. desc.

"The Second World War wreaked unprecedented devastation throughout Europe, necessitating monumental reconstruction efforts that burdened not only governments, but the lives of ordinary citizens. War, Massacre, and Recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 examines this transitional period in the province of Arezzo by detailing the daily experiences of civilians through the traumas of war and the difficulties of recovery.