Giulia Albanese is Associate Professor of Modern History at the University of Padua, Italy. Her research focuses on Fascism and transnational fascism, political violence. She is the author of Dittature mediterranee. Sovversioni Fasciste e colpi di stato in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo (2016) and The March on Rome (2019).

"Many popular (and some academic) authors who glibly use the term Fascism will benefit from a close reading of these (previously unpublished) essays written by scholars working toward understanding that system in its Italian historical context. This collection highlights fundamental topics (e.g., religion, economics, empire, and social welfare policies) as they relate to Mussolini’s Fascist state - R. T. Ingoglia, St.Thomas Aquinas College, CHOICE Magazine Recommended Title

• 0. Introduction 1. Squadrismo and Repression. An Italian Road to Violence? 2. From the colonies to the empire. Africa and the national fascist project 3. The Regime’s Military Defeat: War and Bombings 4. The fascist ruling class. The geography of power between centre and periphery 5. Fascist economy. Private powers and State intervention 6. Fascism and Religion: a Religious Creed for the Imperial Nation 7. Science and Fascism, or Fascist Science? Meteorology in Fascist Italy 8. Subject citizens: The meaning of citizenship under Fascism 9. The Fascist Welfare State: Continuities, Ruptures, Mediations 10. Alltagsgeschichte Italian-Style? New Perspectives on Everyday Life in Fascist Italy 11. "To Educate" or to Entertain? Propaganda, Mass Media, and Mass Culture 12. Becoming Antifascist: Uncertainties, Dilemmas, Contradictions vis-à-vis Italian Fascism 13. The Fascist Model Abroad. Not Just Propaganda (1922-1935)

Giulia Albanese is Associate Professor of Modern History at the University of Padua, Italy. Her research focuses on Fascism and transnational fascism, political violence. She is the author of Dittature mediterranee. Sovversioni Fasciste e colpi di stato in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo (2016) and The March on Rome (2019).

"Many popular (and some academic) authors who glibly use the term Fascism will benefit from a close reading of these (previously unpublished) essays written by scholars working toward understanding that system in its Italian historical context. This collection highlights fundamental topics (e.g., religion, economics, empire, and social welfare policies) as they relate to Mussolini’s Fascist state - R. T. Ingoglia, St.Thomas Aquinas College, CHOICE Magazine Recommended Title

• 0. Introduction 1. Squadrismo and Repression. An Italian Road to Violence? 2. From the colonies to the empire. Africa and the national fascist project 3. The Regime’s Military Defeat: War and Bombings 4. The fascist ruling class. The geography of power between centre and periphery 5. Fascist economy. Private powers and State intervention 6. Fascism and Religion: a Religious Creed for the Imperial Nation 7. Science and Fascism, or Fascist Science? Meteorology in Fascist Italy 8. Subject citizens: The meaning of citizenship under Fascism 9. The Fascist Welfare State: Continuities, Ruptures, Mediations 10. Alltagsgeschichte Italian-Style? New Perspectives on Everyday Life in Fascist Italy 11. "To Educate" or to Entertain? Propaganda, Mass Media, and Mass Culture 12. Becoming Antifascist: Uncertainties, Dilemmas, Contradictions vis-à-vis Italian Fascism 13. The Fascist Model Abroad. Not Just Propaganda (1922-1935)