Dictating Demography: The Problem of Population in Fascist Italy

by Carl Ipsen

Book Overview

Mussolini believed that numbers were the key to strength. Between 1922 and 1945 the Fascists attempted to translate that belief into policy by introducing a structured programme to increase the population in Italy. This included campaigns to increase the birth rate, the establishment of demographic colonies, and a battle against urbanisation. This book is a detailed examination of the demographic policy of Mussolini's Fascist regime. Based on archival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521894255
• ISBN13: 9780521894258
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"