Italy's sea : empire and nation in the Mediterranean, 1895-1945 /
McGuire, Valerie,
Italy's sea : empire and nation in the Mediterranean, 1895-1945 / Valerie McGuire. - Liverpool Liverpool University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource. - Transnational Italian cultures .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Europe's Southern Question -- 1 Nationalists and the Mediterranean in the Liberal Era -- 2 Touring Italian Rhodes -- 3 Belonging in the Archipelago: Nation, Race, and Citizenship -- 4 Everyday Fascism in the Aegean -- Conclusion: Postcolonial Returns -- Bibliography -- Index.
Italy's Sea tells the story of how the Mediterranean became the lodestone for Italy's national identity in the twentieth century: an expression of national unity, of global empire, and finally, of the Fascist regime's commitment to reclaim a new Roman empire and conquer Southern Europe and North Africa for Italy.
9781800346000
Electronic Books.
DF901 / .I835 2020
Italy's sea : empire and nation in the Mediterranean, 1895-1945 / Valerie McGuire. - Liverpool Liverpool University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource. - Transnational Italian cultures .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Europe's Southern Question -- 1 Nationalists and the Mediterranean in the Liberal Era -- 2 Touring Italian Rhodes -- 3 Belonging in the Archipelago: Nation, Race, and Citizenship -- 4 Everyday Fascism in the Aegean -- Conclusion: Postcolonial Returns -- Bibliography -- Index.
Italy's Sea tells the story of how the Mediterranean became the lodestone for Italy's national identity in the twentieth century: an expression of national unity, of global empire, and finally, of the Fascist regime's commitment to reclaim a new Roman empire and conquer Southern Europe and North Africa for Italy.
9781800346000
Electronic Books.
DF901 / .I835 2020