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Everyday Life in Fascist Venice, 1929-40

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Kate Ferris

    1. University of St Andrews, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Historiography and theory

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    Pages 1-17

  3. ‘Elbow to elbow’: Venetian life between the wars

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    Pages 18-51

  4. ‘Make way for the young’: Youth in fascist Venice

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    Pages 52-82

  5. Remembering the Serenissima: Festivals and celebrations in 1930s Venice

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    Pages 83-120

  6. ‘Make every Italian family a fortress’: Consumption, family and constructing the ‘home front’ in Venice during the Ethiopian War

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    Pages 121-154

  7. Death in Venice: The ‘fascistisation’ of funerals and the rituals of death

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    Pages 155-187

  8. Epilogue and conclusion

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    Pages 188-202

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 203-257
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This book explores the day-to-day 'lived experience' of fascism in Venice during the 1930s, charting the attempts of the fascist regime to infiltrate and reshape Venetians' everyday lives and their responses to the intrusions of the fascist state.

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  • University of St Andrews, UK

    Kate Ferris

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Kate Ferris is a Lecturer in the Department of History at University of St Andrew's, UK.

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