The Clockwork Factory: Women and Work in Fascist Italy - Hardcover

Willson, Perry R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198227329 ISBN 13: 9780198227328

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1993

Synopsis

Fascist ideology called for women to return to home and hearth, yet in Italy millions of women continued to work throughout the interwar period despite the precepts of Mussolini's regime. The clockwork Factory focuses on the history of Magneti Marelli, near Milan - perhaps the most modern, Americanized firm in Italy at this time - and its female workers. Perry R Willson examines the development of the company before and during the Second World War, and traces its management's attempts to increase productivity by emphasizing the `human factor of production'. Placing gender relations at the heart of this factory history, Dr Willson explores the factors which shaped women's lives, how they experienced work, leisure, maternity, and politics under the fascist state. Her book is an important contribution to industrial history, and offers vivid and illuminating insights into the lives of working women in Mussolini's Italy.

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About the Author

Perry R. Willson is Lecturer in Italian History and Language at the University of Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198227329
• ISBN 13: 9780198227328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304