Agrarian Elites and Italian Fascism: The Province of Bologna, 1901-1926 (Princeton Legacy Library, 3218)

This work has been made possible by the assistance of many in dividuals and institutions, whose help I gratefully acknowledge. My former mentor, Professor Arno J. Mayer of Princeton Uni versity, first inspired me to study the role of agrarians in the rise of Italian fascism. Without his support, prodding, and humor, this project might never have been undertaken, let alone completed. Professors Carlo Poni, Salvatore Sechi, and the late Giorgio Porisini of the University of Bologna provided me with helpful interpretive and research suggestions during my first stay in Italy. Doctor Silvio Fronzoni aided me immensely in tracking down sources and was a loyal comrade throughout the long months of work in the li braries and archives of Bologna. The advice, criticism, and friend ship of Professor Alexander De Grand of Roosevelt University have been of inestimable value to me in the period of writing and re vision. In addition my warmest thanks are due to the following individuals who read earlier drafts of the manuscript: Professor Treating the tumultuous period from 1901 to the late 1920s, this book describes social and political conflict in the cradle of agrarian fascism. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Treating the tumultuous period from 1901 to the late 1920s, this book describes social and political conflict in the cradle of agrarian fascism Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Contents List of Maps Acknowledgments Abbreviations INTRODUCTION I. THE PROVINCE OF BOLOGNA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY II. POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION AND AGRARIAN REACTION, 1901-1909 III. THE NEW AGRARIAN BOURGEOISIE AND THE STRATEGY OF MILITANT RESISTANCE, 1908-1911 IV. THE POLITICS OF CONFRONTATION, 1912-1914 V. POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN WARTIME BOLOGNA VI. AN ELITE BESIEGED: THE POSTWAR CRISIS IN BOLOGNA VII. THE RISE OF AGRARIAN FASCISM IN BOLOGNA, 1920-1921 VIII. THE AGRARIAN FASCIST CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRYSIDE IX. FROM MOVEMENT TO REGIME: BOLOGNESE FASCISM, 1921-1926 EPILOGUE: THE RELATIVE REWARDS OF DICTATORSHIP References Index