“The book is an original contribution to knowledge based on a prodigious amount of research. . . . A significant achievement.”
Stephen Hellman
International History Review
“Stephen Gundle's book is a highly original contribution to our knowledge of the culture and politics of modern Italy, combining as it does theoretical sophistication with extensive empirical research.”—Paul Ginsborg, Universita ... Read moredegli Studi di Firenze “Between Hollywood and Moscow is an outstanding work that treats the effects of modernization and the development of a mass consumer society in Italy in an original and illuminating manner. It restores a sense of the importance of culture as an integral part of political strategizing and communicates the shifting meanings of culture over four decades of Italian history.”—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University "A comprehensive account of the cultural policies of the Italian Communist Party. This is a very useful book containing much relevant information on a surprisingly under-researched topic."
Donald Sassoon
Modern Italy
“Between Hollywood and Moscow makes an original contribution to the study of the PCI and post-war Italy in general from a cultural point of view, and reveals the importance of specific cultural strategies and transformations in the political history of the PCI.”—John Dickie, University College, London Show Less