LEADER 04081nam 2200793 450 001 9910780526503321 005 20231206203536.0 010 $a1-281-99440-5 010 $a9786611994402 010 $a1-4426-7507-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442675070 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001872 035 $a(EBL)4671530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000296939 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296939 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10327621 035 $a(PQKB)11781719 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600963 035 $a(DE-B1597)464489 035 $a(OCoLC)1002221727 035 $a(OCoLC)1004868729 035 $a(OCoLC)1011447585 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963009 035 $a(OCoLC)944178182 035 $a(OCoLC)999354611 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442675070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257236 035 $a(OCoLC)958571553 035 $a(OCoLC)1088646472 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104775 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/tnbbb8 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257891 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001872 100 $a20160915h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom fascism to democracy $eculture and politics in the Italian election of 1948 /$fRobert A. Ventresca 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-2249-9 311 $a0-8020-8768-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe legacy of fascism : redefining Italy after Mussolini -- Guns, butter, and good ole Yankee know-how : America's crusade to defeat Italian Communism -- Madonnas, miracles, and the pulpit as soapbox : the use of the sacred in the campaign for Christ -- Salerno betrayed : Italian Communism from participation to confrontation -- When politics reaches the altar : Catholic action gets out the vote -- Battle of the senses : the propaganda war -- A free and fair election? : the campaign -- The day after -- Epilogue : politics in a new key or blocked democracy? 330 $aFrom Fascism to Democracy tells the story of the birth of the post-war Italian political system through the lens of a single event: the Italian national election of 1948, the first parliamentary election of the Republican era. Robert A. Ventresca offers the first comprehensive analysis of this central topic of contemporary Italian and European history. Bringing together the broad political and diplomatic narrative of 1948 with the social and psychological dimensions that determined how ordinary Italians experienced the election campaign, this book is about much more than just a political event. Broad in scope, it is a story about the fall of Fascism and the achievements of the Italian Resistance, Italian political culture, American influence in Italian politics at the start of the Cold War, and the interaction between Italy's secular and religious traditions. From Fascism to Democracy expands on the common understanding of what is 'political' to examine how such factors as popular piety, gender, and historical memory became intertwined with the politics of Italy's fledgling democracy. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Italy$2bisacsh 607 $aItaly$xPolitics and government$y1945-1976 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Italy. 676 $a945.092 700 $aVentresca$b Robert$01523760 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780526503321 996 $aFrom fascism to democracy$93764095 997 $aUNINA