Italian Colonialism

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Constructing Italian Africa: Geography and Geopolitics....Pages 15-26
Italian Colonial Internment....Pages 27-36
The Italian Air Force in the Ethiopian War (1935–1936)....Pages 37-46
Poison Gas and Atrocities in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936)....Pages 47-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
State and Class Formation and Collaboration in Colonial Libya....Pages 59-71
The Early Years of the Agency for the Colonization of Cyrenaica (1932–1935)....Pages 73-82
Empire Building and Its Limitations: Ethiopia (1935–1941)....Pages 83-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Patrilinearity, Race, and ldentity:The Upbringing of Italo-Eritreans during Italian Colonialism....Pages 97-108
The Ideology of Colonialism: Educational Policy and Praxis in Eritrea....Pages 109-119
Mussolini, Libya, and the Sword of Islam....Pages 121-130
Preservation and Self-Absorption: Italian Colonization and the Walled City of Tripoli, Libya....Pages 131-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Pioneering Female Modernity: Fascist Women in Colonial Africa....Pages 145-154
Public Space and Public Face: Italian Fascist Urban Planning at Tripoli’s Colonial Trade Fair....Pages 155-165
The Architecture of Tourism in Italian Libya: The Creation of a Mediterranean Identity....Pages 167-178
The Italian Colonial Cinema: Agendas and Audiences....Pages 179-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Obligations of Italy Toward Libya....Pages 195-202
Damages Caused by the Italian Fascist Colonization of Libya....Pages 203-208
Italian Memories/African Memories of Colonialism....Pages 209-219
Italians as “Good” Colonizers: Speaking Subalterns and the Politics of Memory in the Dodecanese....Pages 221-231
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Madamismo and Beyond: The Construction of Eritrean Women....Pages 233-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-266