Roger Absalom
Biographic Data
| ID | 772787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Absalom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Absalom |
| SIGNATURE | ABSALOM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Peasant Experience under Italian Fascism
The fascist regime was the first system of government in modern Italy to attempt to address the ‘peasant question’ in a systematic fashion. It not only brought to bear upon it the administrative machinery of the state but also, through its policies and propaganda, attempted to convert the peasantry from a perennial threat to social stability into a positive bulwark of the political system the fascist regime was seeking to consolidate. This articl…
Allied escapers and the contadini in occupied Italy (1943 – 5) 1
The little-known ‘great escape’ of Allied prisoners-of-war (some 50,000) held in Italian camps at the time of the armistice of 8 September 1943 provides the starting-point for a fresh interpretation of popular and peasant experience during the emergency of 1943 – 5. The article explores some of the main aspects of the ‘strange alliance’ between Allied fugitives and the Italian population, with particular attention to the mutual symbolic appropria…
Existing in History
Italy in the Cold War. Politics, culture & society, 1948–1958 . Edited by Christopher Duggan and Christopher Wagstaff. Oxford/Washington DC: Berg. 1995. Pp. xi+228, index. £34.95 War in Italy 1943–1945. A brutal story . By Richard Lamb. London: Penguin Books. 1995 (1993). Pp. viii+335, maps and index. £7.99 Italy and the wider world, 1860–1960 . By R. J. B. Bosworth. London and New York: Routledge. 1996. Pp. x+252, index. £40.00 ‘America is the s…
Hiding history
Of the almost 80,000 prisoners-of-war held by Italy at the time of the Armistice with the Allies of 8 September 1943, more than half succeeded in escaping and almost 18,000 were not recaptured, largely due to the help offered spontaneously by Italian civilians. The records of the Allied Screening Commission preserved in Washington, and other official papers available in England, South Africa and Australia, complemented by oral history fieldwork a…
Between East and West
Journal Article Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54 Get access Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54. By Roberto G. Rabel. Durham, NC, London: Duke U.P. 1988. 222pp. Index. $32.50. ISBN 8223 0831 2. Roger Absalom Roger Absalom 1Sheffield Polytechnic Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 1988, …
Prato and the Allies 1943–45
In introducing her Merchant, and with him her reading of Italy in the Middle Ages through the lens of Tuscany, Iris Origo writes: Datini belongs to the merchants of the Renaissance, and the story of his achievements is something more significant than the mere record of the enrichment of an ambitious man. In the extent and variety of his ventures, in his power of organisation, in his international outlook, in his swift adaptability to the changes …
Advanced Italian
Hiding history
Of the almost 80,000 prisoners-of-war held by Italy at the time of the Armistice with the Allies of 8 September 1943, more than half succeeded in escaping and almost 18,000 were not recaptured, largely due to the help offered spontaneously by Italian civilians. The records of the Allied Screening Commission preserved in Washington, and other official papers available in England, South Africa and Australia, complemented by oral history fieldwork a…
Between East and West
Journal Article Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54 Get access Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54. By Roberto G. Rabel. Durham, NC, London: Duke U.P. 1988. 222pp. Index. $32.50. ISBN 8223 0831 2. Roger Absalom Roger Absalom 1Sheffield Polytechnic Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 1988, …
Allied escapers and the contadini in occupied Italy (1943 – 5) 1
The little-known ‘great escape’ of Allied prisoners-of-war (some 50,000) held in Italian camps at the time of the armistice of 8 September 1943 provides the starting-point for a fresh interpretation of popular and peasant experience during the emergency of 1943 – 5. The article explores some of the main aspects of the ‘strange alliance’ between Allied fugitives and the Italian population, with particular attention to the mutual symbolic appropria…
Advanced Italian
Prato and the Allies 1943–45
In introducing her Merchant, and with him her reading of Italy in the Middle Ages through the lens of Tuscany, Iris Origo writes: Datini belongs to the merchants of the Renaissance, and the story of his achievements is something more significant than the mere record of the enrichment of an ambitious man. In the extent and variety of his ventures, in his power of organisation, in his international outlook, in his swift adaptability to the changes …
Between East and West
Journal Article Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54 Get access Between East and West: Trieste, the United States and cold war, 1941–54. By Roberto G. Rabel. Durham, NC, London: Duke U.P. 1988. 222pp. Index. $32.50. ISBN 8223 0831 2. Roger Absalom Roger Absalom 1Sheffield Polytechnic Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 1988, …
Hiding history
Of the almost 80,000 prisoners-of-war held by Italy at the time of the Armistice with the Allies of 8 September 1943, more than half succeeded in escaping and almost 18,000 were not recaptured, largely due to the help offered spontaneously by Italian civilians. The records of the Allied Screening Commission preserved in Washington, and other official papers available in England, South Africa and Australia, complemented by oral history fieldwork a…
Existing in History
Italy in the Cold War. Politics, culture & society, 1948–1958 . Edited by Christopher Duggan and Christopher Wagstaff. Oxford/Washington DC: Berg. 1995. Pp. xi+228, index. £34.95 War in Italy 1943–1945. A brutal story . By Richard Lamb. London: Penguin Books. 1995 (1993). Pp. viii+335, maps and index. £7.99 Italy and the wider world, 1860–1960 . By R. J. B. Bosworth. London and New York: Routledge. 1996. Pp. x+252, index. £40.00 ‘America is the s…
Allied escapers and the contadini in occupied Italy (1943 – 5) 1
The little-known ‘great escape’ of Allied prisoners-of-war (some 50,000) held in Italian camps at the time of the armistice of 8 September 1943 provides the starting-point for a fresh interpretation of popular and peasant experience during the emergency of 1943 – 5. The article explores some of the main aspects of the ‘strange alliance’ between Allied fugitives and the Italian population, with particular attention to the mutual symbolic appropria…
The Peasant Experience under Italian Fascism
The fascist regime was the first system of government in modern Italy to attempt to address the ‘peasant question’ in a systematic fashion. It not only brought to bear upon it the administrative machinery of the state but also, through its policies and propaganda, attempted to convert the peasantry from a perennial threat to social stability into a positive bulwark of the political system the fascist regime was seeking to consolidate. This articl…
History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic history (5 works) · History (5 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Peasant (3 works)