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Record Nr.

UNINA9910669820703321

Autore

Ballinger Pamela <1968->

Titolo

The world refugees made : decolonization and the foundation of postwar Italy / / Pamela Ballinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2020

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-5017-7011-X

1-5017-4760-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 305 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

308.9/069140945

Soggetti

Decolonization - Balkan Peninsula

Decolonization - Africa

Italians - Balkan Peninsula - History - 20th century

Italians - Africa - History - 20th century

Repatriation - Italy - History - 20th century

Refugees - Italy - History - 20th century

Italy Politics and government 1945-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : mobile histories -- Intermezzo : empire as prelude -- Wartime repatriations and the beginnings of decolonization -- Italy's long decolonization in the era of intergovernmentalism -- Displaced persons and the boundaries of citizenship -- Reclaiming fascism, housing the nation -- Conclusion : we will return.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examining the experiences of Italian nationals repatriated from the African and Balkan territories Italy lost with the defeat of fascism, this study rethinks the genesis of both the postwar international refugee regime and Italian decolonization"--