LEADER 03081oam 2200589K 450 001 9910150344403321 005 20240501160055.0 010 $a1-315-52025-7 010 $a1-315-52023-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315520254 035 $a(CKB)3710000000932772 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4741921 035 $a970393030 035 $a(OCoLC)962752791 035 $a(OCoLC-P)962752791 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315520254 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000932772 100 $a20161116d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of Italian colonialism, 1860-1907 $eEurope's last empire /$fGiuseppe Finaldi 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (254 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aEmpires in Perspective 311 08$a1-138-69797-4 311 08$a1-315-52024-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. "First come the missionaries." -- 2. "Then the ambassadors." -- 3. ". then the solders" -- 4. Italy's firstborn colony -- 5. The conquest of Ethiopia -- 6. Adowa -- 7. The aftermath -- 8. Saving Eritrea -- 9. Doing good in the Benadir -- 10. The "Mullah Pazzo". 330 $aThis book provides a narrative history of Italian colonialism from Italian unification in the 1860s to the first decade of the twentieth century; that is, it details Italy's imperialism in the years of the Scramble for Africa. It deals with the factors that drove Italy to search for territory in Africa in the 1870s and 1880s and describes the reasoning behind the trajectories adopted and objectives pursued. The events that brought Italy to open conflict with the Ethiopian Empire culminating in the Italian defeat at Adowa in March 1896 are central to the book. However its scope is much broader, as itconsiders the establishment of Italian power in Eritrea as well as Somalia before and after the defeat. By telling its history, it explains why Italy emerged irresolute and humiliated in this, its first thrust into Africa, yet nonetheless determined to pursue expansion in the future. The seeds for the conquest of Libya in 1911 and Ethiopia in 1935 had been sown. 410 0$aEmpires in perspective. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xEmigration & Immigration$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / Africa / General$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / Africa / East$2bisacsh 607 $aItaly$xColonies$zAfrica$xHistory 607 $aItaly$xColonies$zAfrica$xAdministration$xHistory 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xEmigration & Immigration. 615 7$aHISTORY / General 615 7$aHISTORY / Africa / General 615 7$aHISTORY / Africa / East 676 $a325.345096 700 $aFinaldi$b Giuseppe$0299547 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150344403321 996 $aA history of Italian colonialism, 1860-1907$91935061 997 $aUNINA