This innovative volume draws together a series of perspectives on the everyday experience of Europeans in the 'age of fascism'. The contributions go beyond the conventional stereotypes of organized resistance to examine the tensions and ambiguities within the communities, both national and local, that opposed fascism. The authors show that under the pressures of civil conflict, occupation, and even everyday life, motives were rarely as pure and political alignments seldom as straightforward as our reassuring collective memories of fascism and war have led us to believe. The combination of original research and engagement with relevant debates makes this collection invaluable both for researchers in the social and political history of World War II and for students of modern European history.
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The German revolution defeated and fascism deferred: the servicemen's revolt and social democracy at the end of the First World War, 1918 - 1920
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Dangerous communities and conservative authority: the judiciary, Nazis and rough people, 1932 - 1933
págs. 33-47
The anti-fascist movement in south-east Lancashire, 1933 - 1940: the divergent experiences of Manchester and Nelson
págs. 48-62
Spain 1936. Resistance and revolution: the flaws in the Front
págs. 63-79
The Blueshirts in the Irish Free State, 1932 - 1935: the nature of socialist republican and governmental opposition
págs. 80-96
Town councils of the nord and Pas-de-Calais region: local power, French power, German power
págs. 97-119
págs. 120-132
Nazi Austria: the limits of dissent
págs. 133-149
págs. 150-162
The years of consent?: Popular attitudes and forms of resistance to Fascism in Italy, 1925 - 1940
págs. 163-179
Saints and heroines: rewriting the history of Italian women in the Resistance
págs. 180-198
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