While much has been written about the race to modernize industry and agriculture in fascist Italy, the history of animal husbandry during this period has largely been overlooked by scholars. The “Battle of Zootechnics”—the Italian project to centralize and modernize animal husbandry practices and thereby maximize the yield of animal products—was a key element in the state’s plan for achieving economic self-sufficiency. A new article in Isis examines how the Italian fascist state employed zootechnics to further its aims and reflects upon an important chapter in the tangled history of fascism and science.
Exploring how Mussolini’s Italy merged animal husbandry with consumption policies
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