War, massacre, and recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 /

"The Second World War wreaked unprecedented devastation throughout Europe, necessitating monumental reconstruction efforts that burdened not only governments, but the lives of ordinary citizens. War, Massacre, and Recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 examines this transitional period in the pro...

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Main Author: Belco, Victoria, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: from war to peace
  • Situating the villages
  • Italy at war
  • Variations on a massacre
  • Completing the disintegration
  • Life with the Allies
  • True victims and the truly needy
  • Restitution, reparations, and rewards
  • Restoring the community
  • Rebuilding the commune
  • Private property, public good, and the housing crisis
  • Mezzadria struggle and social change: the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'
  • Unemployment
  • Pure politics
  • Honouring the dead
  • Conclusion: after war and massacre.