Bologna, the only major Italian city uninterruptedly governed by a Communist party from the end of World War Two to the fall of the Berlin Wall, represents a peculiar case of “local Communism” according to the definition given by Norman LaPorte and Andrea Wirshing. During the Cold War years – especially in the first decade after World War Two – Bologna positioned itself ideally in the Eastern bloc even if, being an Italian city, it formally belonged to the Western sphere of influence. Hence, the city represented a major arena for ideological rivalry as well as continuous interaction between the West and the East: this is the subject of the first section of my contribution.
Bologna in the Early Cold War: Histories and Memories of a Communist city in the West
BETTI, ELOISA
2016
Abstract
Bologna, the only major Italian city uninterruptedly governed by a Communist party from the end of World War Two to the fall of the Berlin Wall, represents a peculiar case of “local Communism” according to the definition given by Norman LaPorte and Andrea Wirshing. During the Cold War years – especially in the first decade after World War Two – Bologna positioned itself ideally in the Eastern bloc even if, being an Italian city, it formally belonged to the Western sphere of influence. Hence, the city represented a major arena for ideological rivalry as well as continuous interaction between the West and the East: this is the subject of the first section of my contribution.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
