1st Edition
A History of Italian Colonialism 1900-1914 The Promised Land: Volume I
By Giuseppe Finaldi
Copyright 2026
380 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
380 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines Italy’s colonial history from the turn of the twentieth century to the outbreak of the First World War.
This first volume engages with a period of huge social, political and cultural change in Italy resulting in a new dynamism on the African and expansionist front. Offering a sweeping account of events and a vast array of characters, it tells the story of a... Read more
1. Oriental intermezzo 2. Italy on its way 3. Imperialist Italy 4. The Promised Land 5. The invasion 6. The Great Proletarian has stirred 7 The glorious summer of 1912 8. The Ministry of Colonies 9. The conquest of the Fezzan 10. The conquest of Cyrenaica 11. Pictures and an exhibition
Biography
Giuseppe Finaldi teaches European history at the University of Western Australia. He has published widely on modern Italy. A History of Italian Colonialism, 1860-1907: Europe’s Last Empire (2017) is the first instalment of his multivolume study of Italy’s little-known colonial history.
