War, Massacre, and Recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 / / Victoria Belco.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Belco, Victoria ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: From War to Peace --; PART ONE. War and Massacre --; 1. Italy at War --; 2. Variations on a Massacre --; 3. Completing the Disintegration --; PART TWO. Life in the Aftermath --; 4. Life with the Allies --; 5. True Victims and the Truly Needy --; 6. Restitution, Reparations, and Rewards --; PART THREE. The Return to Civil Life --; 7. Restoring the Community --; 8. Rebuilding the Commune --; 9. Private Property, Public Good, and the Housing Crisis --; 10. Mezzadria Struggle and Social Change: The 'Haves' and 'Have-Nots' --; 11. Unemployment --; PART FOUR . The Postwar Future --; 12. Pure Politics --; 13. Honouring the Dead --; Conclusion: After War and Massacre --; Abbreviations and Documentation --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442698499; 9783110667691; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442698499
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Victoria Belco.

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 province of Arezzo by detailing the daily experiences of civilians through the traumas of war and the difficulties of recovery.Studying the aftermath of war in a new and insightful way, Victoria C. Belco shifts the perspective from the national to the local level. With this localized focus, she provides valuable insight into the ways in which civilians coped with an overwhelming range of problems - from adjusting to Allied occupation and widespread displacement to rampant unemployment and the restructuring of local administrations and institutions after fascism. Recreating the post-war atmosphere of disorder, need, and political upheaval, Belco shows how the competing community interests caused social fragmentations that impeded change, while the unity of a shared past prevented civil war.