Victoria de Grazia, Author . Harvard Univ. $29.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-674-01672-9
Although the global reach of McDonald's, Wal-Mart and Starbucks appears to be a recent phenomenon, de Grazia, a Columbia historian, contends that U.S. companies—and consumerism—have been making inroads in Europe for the past hundred...
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Victoria de Grazia, Author University of California Press $45 (384p) ISBN 978-0-520-07456-9
This noteworthy study reveals how the regime of Il Ducein web , Benito Mussolini, systematically sought to prevent Italian women from experiencing emancipation even as he heralded the advent of the ``new Italian woman'' ( nuova italiana ). Analyzing
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Victoria de Grazia. Belknap, $35 (496p) ISBN 978-0-674-98639-8
Columbia University history professor de Grazia (Irresistible Empire) delivers a fascinating exploration of Italian fascism through the career and intimate relationships of Attilio Teruzzi (1882–1950), one of Benito Mussolini’s closest allies. A...
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