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Portions of the introduction and chapters 1 and 2 have previously appeared in “The Rhetoric of Race in Fascist Elementary Education,” in New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies, vol. 2, The Arts and History, ed. Graziella Parati (Madison and Teaneck NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013), 265–84. Used with permission.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McLean, Eden K., author.

Title: Mussolini’s children: race and elementary education in Fascist Italy / Eden K. McLean.

Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017043090

ISBN 9781496206428 (cloth: alk. paper)

ISBN 9781496207203 (epub)

ISBN 9781496207210 (mobi)

ISBN 9781496207227 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Fascism and education—Italy. | Fascism—Italy—History—20th century. | Fascism and youth—Italy—History—20th century. | Italy—Race relations.

Classification: LCC LA791.8 .M35 2018 | DDC 372.94509/041—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043090

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