Giuseppe Finaldi

A History of Italian Colonialism, 1860-1907

Europe's Last Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a narrative history of Italian colonialism from Italian unification in the 1860s to the first decade of the twentieth century; that is, it details Italy's imperialism in the years of the Scramble for Africa. It deals with the factors that drove Italy to search for territory in Africa in the 1870s and 1880s and describes the reasoning behind the trajectories adopted and objectives pursued.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781138330016
• ISBN-10: 1138330019
• Artikelnr.: 57045105

Autorenporträt

Giuseppe Finaldi is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. 'First come the missionaries...'
Chapter 2. 'then the ambassadors...'
Chapter 3. 'then the soldiers.'
Chapter 4. Italy's Firstborn Colony
Chapter 5. The Conquest of Ethiopia
Chapter 6. Adowa
Chapter 7. The Aftermath
Chapter 8. Saving Eritrea
Chapter 9. Doing Good in the Benadir
Chapter 10. The 'Mullah Pazzo'
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index