Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. I. THE PROVINCE OF BOLOGNA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 13
8. II. POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION AND AGRARIAN REACTION, 1901-1909 68
9. III. THE NEW AGRARIAN BOURGEOISIE AND THE STRATEGY OF MILITANT RESISTANCE, 1908-1911 123
10. IV. THE POLITICS OF CONFRONTATION, 1912-1914 171
11. V. POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN WARTIME BOLOGNA 209
12. VI. AN ELITE BESIEGED: THE POSTWAR CRISIS IN BOLOGNA 245
13. VII. THE RISE OF AGRARIAN FASCISM IN BOLOGNA, 1920-1921 290
14. VIII. THE AGRARIAN FASCIST CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRYSIDE 340
15. IX. FROM MOVEMENT TO REGIME: BOLOGNESE FASCISM, 1921-1926 387
16. EPILOGUE: THE RELATIVE REWARDS OF DICTATORSHIP 437
17. References 455
18. Index 463
19. Backmatter 479