This article explores the socio-ecological impacts of Fascist hydropower extraction in the Alpine valleys of Italy, focusing on the Toce river basin during the interwar period. It investigates the conflicts between local communities and hydropower initiatives by private energy companies under Fascism, thereby revealing the regime's communication strategies rooted in its political ecology. By analysing newspaper articles, propaganda outlets and communal archival documents, the study uncovers statal and local perspectives on infrastructure development and its enduring consequences. How the political ecology of Fascism in a high-altitude hydropower construction site became an expression of Fascist modernity will thereby be shown. Despite objections from valley inhabitants, Fascist hydropower projects persisted, perpetuating socio-ecological inequalities after 1945. Even postwar efforts for compensation failed to address the long-lasting impacts on mountain communities. This research reveals the intersection of political ecology and modernist infrastructure development in Mussolini's Italy, and thus also highlights the legacies of Fascist resource extraction policies on the country's peripheral Alpine regions.

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从卡达雷塞到莫拉斯科：1928 年后在高山空间创造法西斯水景


本文探讨了法西斯在意大利阿尔卑斯山谷中开采水力发电的社会生态影响，重点关注两次世界大战期间的托切河流域。它调查了法西斯主义下当地社区与私营能源公司水电项目之间的冲突，从而揭示了该政权植根于其政治生态的沟通策略。通过分析报纸文章、宣传媒体和公共档案文件，该研究揭示了国家和地方对基础设施发展及其持久影响的看法。高海拔水电工地的法西斯政治生态如何成为法西斯现代性的表现。尽管遭到山谷居民的反对，法西斯水电项目仍然持续存在，导致 1945 年之后的社会生态不平等长期存在。即使是战后的补偿努力也未能解决对山区社区的长期影响。这项研究揭示了墨索里尼统治下的意大利政治生态与现代主义基础设施发展的交叉点，从而也凸显了法西斯资源开采政策对该国周边阿尔卑斯地区的影响。