Dictatorship And Daily Life In Twentiethcentury Europe Lisa Pine Editor by Lisa Pine (editor) 9781350209015, 9781350208988, 9781350209107, 1350209015, 1350208981, 1350209104 instant download after payment.

Bringing together leading scholars from across the UK, North America and mainland Europe, this book provides a uniquely comparative exploration of daily life under dictatorship in 20th-century Europe. With coverage of well-known regimes and some that are relatively underrepresented in the literature from right across the continent, it examines the impact felt on people’s lives amidst political administrations characterised by some or all of the following: a one-party state, in which opposition or multiple parties were banned; a cult surrounding the leader; the censorship of the press and other publications; the widespread use of propaganda and political persuasion; and the threat or use of force by the regime and its agents.
The chapters investigate crucial questions in relation to life under dictatorships as follows:
Dictatorship and Daily Life in 20th-Century Europe addresses these issues and more, striking to the heart of European life in the darkest episodes of its recent history.