Journeys Through Fascism: Italian Travel-Writing Between the Wars

by Charles Burdett

Book Overview

During the twenty years of Mussolini's rule a huge number of travel texts were written of journeys made during the interwar period to the sacred sites of Fascist Italy, Mussolini's newly conquered African empire, Spain during the Civil War, Nazi Germany, Communist Russia and the America of the New Deal. Examining these observations by writers and journalists, the author throws new light on the evolving ideology of Fascism, how it was experienced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845457161
• ISBN13: 9781845457167
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"