Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Pen and the Sword Politics, Culture, and Society after the Fall of Fascism 11
6. 2 Bread, Love, and Political Strife Cold War Communism and the Development of Cultural Policy 42
7. 3 What’s Good for Fiat Is Good for Italy Television, Consumerism, and Party Identity in the 1950s 75
8. 4 From Elvis Presley to Ho Chi Minh Youth Culture and Cultural Conflict between the Center Left and the Hot Autumn 106
9. 5 Crisis, Austerity, Solidarity The Question of Hegemony in the 1970s 138
10. 6 Welcome to Prosperity Economic Growth and the Erosion of Left-Wing Culture 165
11. 7 The Last Tango The Collapse of Communism and the Dissolution of the PCI 194
12. Conclusion 211
13. Notes 219
14. Bibliography 254
15. Index 265