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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2017
Print publication year:
2017
Online ISBN:
9781108333450
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333450
Subjects:
Area Studies, Twentieth Century European History, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
Series:
New Studies in European History
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Book description

Roberta Pergher transforms our understanding of Fascist rule. Examining Fascist Italy's efforts to control the antipodes of its realm - the regions annexed in northern Italy after the First World War, and Italy's North African colonies - she shows how the regime struggled to imagine and implement Italian sovereignty over alien territories and peoples. Contrary to the claims of existing scholarship, Fascist settlement policy in these regions was not designed to solve an overpopulation problem, but to bolster Italian claims to rule in an era that prized self-determination and no longer saw imperial claims as self-evident. Professor Pergher explores the character and impact of Fascist settlement policy and the degree to which ordinary Italians participated in and challenged the regime's efforts to Italianize contested territory. Employing models and concepts from the historiography of empire, she shows how Fascist Italy rethought the boundaries between national and imperial rule.

Reviews

'The post-WWI Paris Treaties established a framework for the exploration of both minority rights and colonial emancipation. How Italy’s Fascist administration interacted with these notions in its borderlands - the recently acquired South Tyrol (Alto Adige) and Trentino, as well as the ongoing conflict in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (later Libya) - is the subject of this study, whose conclusions significantly contribute to discussions of nation, empire, assimilation, racism, and citizenship. Recommended.'

R. T. Ingoglia Source: Choice

'Pergher’s book presents a convincing argument for the innovative nature of Fascist settlement policy and constitutes a valuable contribution to the growing scholarly interest in daily life under the Fascist regime. Pergher skilfully demonstrates the negotiation between the expectations of settlers and administrators, and presents a nuanced and complex analysis of Fascism’s policies on the borderlands.'

Paul Baxa Source: European History Quarterly

'The book is one of the best books on Italian Fascism published in recent decades, and its impact will certainly be felt far beyond the study of modern Italy.'

Michael Ebner Source: The Journal of Modern History

'… the book is a valuable addition to the study of Italian Fascism.'

Source: New York Military Affairs Symposium Review

‘While of undeniable significance for scholars of modern Italy, Mussolini’s Nation-Empire also makes a critical contribution to ongoing rethinking of sovereignty in fields such as political science, philosophy, and anthropology, as well as history.’

Pamela Ballinger Source: Modern Italy

‘… this work undoubtedly breaks important new ground in the rich and emerging field of Italian colonial and postcolonial studies.’

Neelam Srivastava Source: The American Historical Review

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