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This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. This book will take the form of a voyage through Italy (and into Italy's past), looking at stories of divided memory over various periods in the twentieth century.

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'A fascinating account of the sometimes grotesque battles to honour or dishonour this or that Fascist or Communist, with politicians on both sides putting up or tearing down plaques and monuments, naming and renaming streets, to suit their version of events.' - London Review of Books



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Divided Memory. Theory, Methodology, Practice World War One. Monument wars, Unknown Soldiers and Open-Air Cemetries Fascist Memories, Memories of Fascism Italian Wartime Camps, Italians in Wartime Camps. Traces, Memories, Silences, 1940-2008 1940-1943. Victory, Occupation, Defeat, Collapse, Memory Nazi Massacres and Divided Memory. Stories, Causes, Scapegoats, Memoryscapes The Resistance. Three Wars, Many Memories, Many Silences The Strategy of Tension and terrorism. Piazza Fontana and 'The Moro Case'

Italys Divided Memory Italian and Italian

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Us
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/29/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780230120495, 978-0230120495
      ISBN10: 0230120490
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. This book will take the form of a voyage through Italy (and into Italy's past), looking at stories of divided memory over various periods in the twentieth century.

      Trade Review

      'A fascinating account of the sometimes grotesque battles to honour or dishonour this or that Fascist or Communist, with politicians on both sides putting up or tearing down plaques and monuments, naming and renaming streets, to suit their version of events.' - London Review of Books



      Table of Contents
      Divided Memory. Theory, Methodology, Practice World War One. Monument wars, Unknown Soldiers and Open-Air Cemetries Fascist Memories, Memories of Fascism Italian Wartime Camps, Italians in Wartime Camps. Traces, Memories, Silences, 1940-2008 1940-1943. Victory, Occupation, Defeat, Collapse, Memory Nazi Massacres and Divided Memory. Stories, Causes, Scapegoats, Memoryscapes The Resistance. Three Wars, Many Memories, Many Silences The Strategy of Tension and terrorism. Piazza Fontana and 'The Moro Case'

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