Machine Has a Soul - American Sympathy With Italian Fascism

About the author

Katy Hull is lecturer in American studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Summary

A historical look at the American fascination with Italian fascism during the interwar periodIn the interwar years, the United States grappled with economic volatility and Americans expressed anxieties about a decline in moral values, the erosion of families and communities, and the decay of democracy. These issues prompted a profound ambivalen

Additional text

"Katy Hull’s excellent book about American sympathy for Italian fascism arrives with an uncanny sense of timing. . . . [Her] work poignantly reminds us that fascist apologists have long flourished in the United States, and they still do."---William I. Hitchcock, Diplomatic History

Product details

• Authors: Katy Hull, Hull Katy
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780691208107
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20810-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: America in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, 1918–1943 (Italian post-war and Fascist period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General