Scienza e razza nell'Italia fascista

Discusses the involvement of the Italian scientific world in the fascist racial policy. States that the academic justification for the racial policy of the fascist regime was provided by views and theories stemming from the fields of anthropology, demography, and genetics. Affirms that Italian racism evolved from biological theory and took on a "spiritual" perspective, more acceptable to moderate racists and to the Italian Catholic world. Describes the effect of the application of the racial laws on the academic community and on the fate of Jewish scientists. Appendixes 1-3 (pp. 364-393) contain the "Manifesto degli scienziati razzisti" (published by a group of fascist scholars in July 1938 as "Il fascismo e i problemi della razza"), as well as letters and documents related to the manifesto and to fascist racial policy in general. Includes bibliographical references and index. 408 pages ; 22 cm.