In the Society of Fascists: Acclamation, Acquiescence, and Agency in Mussolini's Italy Book

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Historians, Fascism, and Italian Society: Mapping the Limits of Consent Roberta Pergher Giulia Albanese 1

1 Borghesi in Uniform: Masculinity, Militarism, and the Brutalization of Politics from the First World War to the Rise of Fascism Lorenzo Benadusi 29

2 Violence and Political Participation during the Rise of Fascism (1919-1926) Giulia Albanese 49

3 Consent, Mobilization, and Participation: The Rise of the Middle Class and Its Support for the Fascist Regime Tommaso Bans 69

4 Neither Bluff nor Revolution: The Corporations and the Consolidation of the Fascist Regime (1925-1926) Matteo Pasetti 87

5 The Entrepreneurial Bourgeoisie and Fascism Alessio Gagliardi 109

6 The Allure of the Welfare State Chiara Giorgi 131

7 The "New Racist Man": Italian Society and the Fascist Anti-Jewish Laws Valeria Galimi 149

8 The Consent of Memory: Recovering Fascist-Settler Relations in Libya Roberta Pergher 169

9 The Royal Army's Betrayal? Two Different Italian Policies in Yugoslavia (1941-1943) Eric Gobetti 189

10 Clio among the Camicie Nere: Italian Historians and Their Allegiances to Fascism (1930s-1940s) Margherita Angelini 211

Notes on the Contributors 233

Selected Bibliography 237

Index 243