Acknowledgments; 1 A National Project Outside of the Nation; 2 Fascist Italy Looks Abroad; 3 The "New Italy" in Argentina; 4 An Italian National Identity in Argentina; 5 The Nation Abroad Responds; 6 Italian Identity and Argentina's National Debate; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
Mussolini's National Project in Argentina offers a new look at the theoretical questions surrounding the promotion of a national project within another nation-state. Using the Italian project in Argentina as its case study, it highlights the active role emigrants can play in the national discourse when provided with a free public space abroad. Informed by both its Old World roots and New World realities, the Italian community articulated their own definition of the nation which transcended the political deba