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Mussolini's nature : an environmental history of Italian Fascism / Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg ; translated by James Sievert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armiero, Marco, 1966- author.
- Biasillo, Roberta, author.
- Hardenberg, Wilko Graf von, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Natura del Duce. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
- Mussolini, Benito.
- Fascism--Italy.
- Fascism.
- Political ecology--Italy--History--20th century.
- Political ecology.
- Environmental policy--Italy--History--20th century.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Explores how Mussolini's regime developed a political ecology that mobilized nature to legitimize and serve fascist interests"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Mussolini's Embodied Nature
- Mussolini Biographies
- The Fascist Discourse of Nature
- 2 Natural Wars: Wheat and Swamps
- Rebirth or Continuity?
- The Battle for Wheat
- Integral Land Reclamation
- Propaganda and International Reception
- Between Transformation and Protection
- 3 Fascist Modernity
- Autarky
- Dams
- The Gasogene Engine
- 4 The Regime of Protection
- Inheriting Nature
- Fascistization of Nature Protection
- Fascist Parks
- Bears in Black Shirts
- Quail, Sparrows, and Scientists
- 5 The Ecologies of Empire
- Imagining the Lands of Empire
- The Rest of Nothing
- The Deception behind the Miracle
- Gold to the Motherland
- Empire as Ecological Failure
- 6 Fascist Landscapes beyond Fascism
- Nomen omen: A Monument to Whom?
- A Past That Does Not Pass
- The Fascist Landscape of the Republic
- What about Cities?
- Invisible Memories, Silent Monuments
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780262372398
- 0262372398
- 9780262372381
- 026237238X
- OCLC:
- 1352971394
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