{"product_id":"mussolinis-nature-marco-armiero-9780262544719","title":"Mussolini's Nature: An Environmental History of Italian Fascism","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime invites readers to consider the ecological connections of all political projects.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We might think we see a mountain while it was a war; a forest can actually be an engine; a monument to workers might reflect the violence of a colonial empire.\"\u003cb\u003e--extracted from \u003ci\u003eMussolini's Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this first environmental history of Italian fascism, Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg reveal that nature and fascist rhetoric are inextricable. \u003ci\u003eMussolini's Nature\u003c\/i\u003e explores fascist political ecologies, or rather the practices and narratives through which the regime constructed imaginary and material ecologies functional to its political project. The book does not pursue the ghost of a green Mussolini by counting how many national parks were created during the regime or how many trees planted. Instead, the reader is trained to recognize fascist political ecology in Mussolini's speeches, reclaimed landscapes, policies of economic self-sufficiency, propaganda documentaries, reforested areas, and in the environmental transformation of its colonial holdings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors conclude with an examination of the role of fascist landscapes in the country's postwar reconstruction: Mussolini's nature is still visible today through plaques, monuments, toponomy, and the shapes of landscapes. This original, and surprisingly intimate, environmental history is not merely a chronicle of conservation in fascist Italy but also an invitation to consider the socioecological connections of all political projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262544717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262544719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023","brand":"Marco Armiero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070630818047,"sku":"9780262544719","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2220dadb-2a13-4da2-af4a-a0f97d6f3e87.jpg?v=1685431442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mussolinis-nature-marco-armiero-9780262544719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}