Book

The darkest side of the Fascist years: the Italian-Canadian press, 1920-1942

Guernica (40)Published In 1999 • Pages: 272

By: Principe, Angelo.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph traces the three phases of the Italian Canadian fascist press from its initial failure in the 1920s, to its noisy success in the middle of the 1930s, to its final demise in the early 1940s. The three major Italian Canaidan newspapers analyzed in this work are : L'Italia of Montreal, Il Bollettino of Toronto, and L'Eco of Vancouver. Other minor philo-fascist publications that appears in those years are also given consideration in this study. The editorial policies of these publications are '…woven with and presented against the background of the portentous events that shook the world and led to the Second World War. As obedient mouthpieces of fascist consuls, the newspapers in question reiterated the fascist claim that Italy had been rejuvenated and, had acquired a new greatness, power, and prestige throughout the world. They even partook in the campaign against Jews during the fascist anti-semitic policy of … 1938' (jacket).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cultural identity and pride
Press
Sodalities
Political parties
Political movements
Ethnosociology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Italian Canadians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1920-1940s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Angelo Principe
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99071703
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Italians--Canada