The machine has a soul American sympathy with Italian fascism
In the interwar years, the United States grappled with economic volatility, and Americans expressed anxieties about a decline in moral values, the erosion of families and communities, and the decay of democracy. These issues prompted a profound ambivalence toward modernity, leading some individuals...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
[2021]
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| Colección: | America in the world
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4495847x*spi |
| Sumario: | In the interwar years, the United States grappled with economic volatility, and Americans expressed anxieties about a decline in moral values, the erosion of families and communities, and the decay of democracy. These issues prompted a profound ambivalence toward modernity, leading some individuals to turn to Italian fascism as a possible solution for the problems facing the country. This book delves into why Americans of all stripes sympathized with Italian fascism, and shows that fascism's appeal rested in the image of Mussolini's regime as 'the machine which will run and has a soul' - a seemingly efficient and technologically advanced system that upheld tradition, religion, and family |
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| Descripción Física: | 251 páginas : ilustraciones (blanco y negro) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 229-235) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780691208107 |
