Fascism through History: Culture, Ideology, and Daily Life

By Patrick G. Zander.

While fascism perhaps reached its peak in the regimes of Hitler and Mussolini, it continues to permeate governments today. This reference explores the history of fascism and how it has shaped daily life up to the present day. Perhaps the most notable example of fascism was Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Fascists aimed to control the media and other social institutions, and fascist views and agendas informed a wide range of daily life and popular culture. But while fascism flourished around the world in the decades before and after World War II, it continues to shape politics and government today. This reference explores the history of fascism around the world and across time, with special attention to how fascism has been more than a political philosophy but has instead played a significant role in the lives of everyday people.

Patrick G. Zander is associate professor of history at Georgia Gwinnett College. He is author of three books: The Rise of Fascism: History, Documents and Key Questions (ABC-CLIO, 2016), The Rise of Communism: History, Documents and Key Questions (ABC-CLIO, 2018), and Hidden Armies of the Second World War: World War II Resistance Movements (Praeger, 2017). In 2009 he won the Duncan C. Tanner Prize from Oxford University Press, and his book Hidden Armies of the Second World War was named a CHOICE “Outstanding Academic Title” for 2018.

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