{"product_id":"mussolinis-children-race-and-elementary-education-in-fascist-italy-hardback-9781496206428","title":"Mussolini's Children; Race and Elementary Education in Fascist Italy (Hardback) 9781496206428","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMussolini's Children\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace and Elementary Education in Fascist Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEden K. McLean (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496206428\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 6 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMussolini’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e uses the lens of state-mandated youth culture to analyze the evolution of official racism in Fascist Italy. Between 1922 and 1940, educational institutions designed to mold the minds and bodies of Italy’s children between the ages of five and eleven undertook a mission to rejuvenate the Italian race and create a second Roman Empire. This project depended on the twin beliefs that the Italian population did indeed constitute a distinct race and that certain aspects of its moral and physical makeup could be influenced during childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eden K. McLean assembles evidence from state policies, elementary textbooks, pedagogical journals, and other educational materials to illustrate the contours of a Fascist racial ideology as it evolved over eighteen years. Her work explains how the most infamous period of Fascist racism, which began in the summer of 1938 with the publication of the “Manifesto of Race,” played a critical part in a more general and long-term Fascist racial program. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Common Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Defining Fascist Power and Identity, 1922–\u003cbr\u003e29\u003cbr\u003e 1. Designing a Fascist Elementary Education\u003cbr\u003e 2. “\u003cbr\u003eReawakening the Spirit”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. “\u003cbr\u003eFascistizing”\u003cbr\u003e the Nation and Race, 1929–\u003cbr\u003e34\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Instruction to Education\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Fit to Fascist\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Resurrecting the Roman Empire, 1934–\u003cbr\u003e38\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eLibro e moschetto, fascista perfetto\u003c\/i\u003e, 1934–\u003cbr\u003e36\u003cbr\u003e 6. Educating Rulers for the Second Roman Empire, 1936–\u003cbr\u003e38\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Ensuring the Empire’\u003cbr\u003es Immortality, 1938–\u003cbr\u003e40\u003cbr\u003e 7. Enforcing the Racial Ideal\u003cbr\u003e 8. Enduring Principles of Italian Racial Identity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599890706712,"sku":"9781496206428","price":36.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mussolinis-children-race-and-elementary-education-in-fascist-italy-hardback-9781496206428","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}