A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Four Years in Fascist Italy, 1937-1941

Ambiente: Una storia globale (secoli XX-XXI)

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By Martin V. Melosi and Federico Paolini

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On July 31, 1937, seventeen-year-old Elmo Melosi, an Italian-American from suburban California, boarded the ocean liner Conte di Savoia in New York City for a nine-day voyage to Italy. He was headed to a Catholic seminary in the Piedmont region to prepare for the priesthood. Until he traveled to New York from his home in San Jose, he had never ventured beyond the West Coast, and had no idea what was in store for him living in what soon would be war-torn Europe. A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit, narrated by his son – a retired history professor – recounts Elmo’s experiences in Italy from 1937 until his return to the United States in October 1941 – less than two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It details his trying existence in a financially strapped seminary, the heavy demands of school and work, his persistent health problems, his first-time connection with his Italian relatives, and his harrowing journey home. All of this is set against the backdrop of a country in the grip of Fascism and inching toward world war. The research for the book is based on Elmo’s diary from 1937 to 1941 while he was in Italy, another diary for the years 1945-1946, a book he wrote – My Education – which is a series of annotations of his diary entries (1937-1941), family genealogy, dozens of photographs, his son’s recollections of his dad, and secondary sources on the history of modern Italy and the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Mussolini government.

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Release dateOct 5, 2020

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Ambiente: Una storia globale (secoli XX-XXI)
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Ambiente: Una storia globale (secoli XX-XXI)
Federico Paolini
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La storia dell’ambiente è lo studio delle interazioni degli uomini con la natura attraverso il tempo. Il volume presenta – mediante tre percorsi, collocati in una prospettiva globale (l’analisi dei fattori di trasformazione; l’evoluzione delle riflessioni ecologiche; le traiettorie dell’ambientalismo) – un'analisi del complesso cambiamento causato dalle attività umane. La narrazione si concentra sul XX secolo e sul primo ventennio del XXI secolo, ovvero il tempo storico durante il quale la scala dei problemi ambientali ha raggiunto una dimensione tale da generare un diffuso allarme per la sopravvivenza dell'homo sapiens sulla Terra.
La storia dell’ambiente è lo studio delle interazioni degli uomini con la natura attraverso il tempo. Il volume presenta – mediante tre percorsi, collocati in una prospettiva globale (l’analisi dei fattori di trasformazione; l’evoluzione delle riflessioni ecologiche; le traiettorie dell’ambientalismo) – un'analisi del complesso cambiamento causato dalle attività umane. La narrazione si concentra sul XX secolo e sul primo ventennio del XXI secolo, ovvero il tempo storico durante il quale la scala dei problemi ambientali ha raggiunto una dimensione tale da generare un diffuso allarme per la sopravvivenza dell'homo sapiens sulla Terra.
A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Four Years in Fascist Italy, 1937-1941
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A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Four Years in Fascist Italy, 1937-1941
Martin V. Melosi
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On July 31, 1937, seventeen-year-old Elmo Melosi, an Italian-American from suburban California, boarded the ocean liner Conte di Savoia in New York City for a nine-day voyage to Italy. He was headed to a Catholic seminary in the Piedmont region to prepare for the priesthood. Until he traveled to New York from his home in San Jose, he had never ventured beyond the West Coast, and had no idea what was in store for him living in what soon would be war-torn Europe. A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit, narrated by his son – a retired history professor – recounts Elmo’s experiences in Italy from 1937 until his return to the United States in October 1941 – less than two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It details his trying existence in a financially strapped seminary, the heavy demands of school and work, his persistent health problems, his first-time connection with his Italian relatives, and his harrowing journey home. All of this is set against the backdrop of a country in the grip of Fascism and inching toward world war. The research for the book is based on Elmo’s diary from 1937 to 1941 while he was in Italy, another diary for the years 1945-1946, a book he wrote – My Education – which is a series of annotations of his diary entries (1937-1941), family genealogy, dozens of photographs, his son’s recollections of his dad, and secondary sources on the history of modern Italy and the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Mussolini government.
On July 31, 1937, seventeen-year-old Elmo Melosi, an Italian-American from suburban California, boarded the ocean liner Conte di Savoia in New York City for a nine-day voyage to Italy. He was headed to a Catholic seminary in the Piedmont region to prepare for the priesthood. Until he traveled to New York from his home in San Jose, he had never ventured beyond the West Coast, and had no idea what was in store for him living in what soon would be war-torn Europe. A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit, narrated by his son – a retired history professor – recounts Elmo’s experiences in Italy from 1937 until his return to the United States in October 1941 – less than two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It details his trying existence in a financially strapped seminary, the heavy demands of school and work, his persistent health problems, his first-time connection with his Italian relatives, and his harrowing journey home. All of this is set against the backdrop of a country in the grip of Fascism and inching toward world war. The research for the book is based on Elmo’s diary from 1937 to 1941 while he was in Italy, another diary for the years 1945-1946, a book he wrote – My Education – which is a series of annotations of his diary entries (1937-1941), family genealogy, dozens of photographs, his son’s recollections of his dad, and secondary sources on the history of modern Italy and the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Mussolini government.