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Citizens and Subjects of the Italian Colonies: Legal Constructions and Social Practices, 1882–1943 book cover

1st Edition

Citizens and Subjects of the Italian Colonies Legal Constructions and Social Practices, 1882–1943

Edited By Simona Berhe, Olindo De Napoli Copyright 2022
280 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This is the first book on Italian colonialism that specifically deals with the question of citizenship/subjecthood. Such a topic is crucial for understanding both Italian imperial rule and the complex dynamics of the different colonial societies where several actors, like notables, political leaders, minorities, etc., were involved. The chapters gathered in the book constitute an... Read more

Part 1: Legal Constructions

1. Between Governmentality and Indeterminacy: The Birth of the Legal Category of Subjecthood (1882–1909)

Olindo De Napoli

2. Subjecthood, Citizenship, Autonomy, Independence?: Legal Status and National Claims in the First Decade of Italian Occupation in Libya (1911–1920)

Federico Cresti

3. The Allure of Citizenship: Subjects, Citizens, and Special Citizens in the Fascist Empire

Roberta Pergher

4. The System of Differences: Justice and Citizenship in Libya (1911–1922)

Alessia Di Stefano

5. Forms of Legal Membership Between Theory and Practice: The Activity of the Consiglio Superiore Coloniale

Carlo Bersani

6. An Italian Nationality for the Levant: Citizenship in the Aegean from the Ottoman to the Fascist Empire (1912–36)

Filippo Espinoza

7. The Status of Albanians Under Italian Occupation (1939–1943)

Giovanni Villari

Part 2: Social Practices

8. Rights, Mobility and Identity: Colonial Citizenship in Libya in the Twenties

Simona Berhe

9. Orphanages and Citizenship. Abandoned Italo-Eritreans Accessing Italian Citizenship

Valentina Fusari

10. No More Greeks: Contrasting Identities in the Italian Dodecanese

Luca Castiglioni

11. Stateless Armenians in Ethiopia Under Fascist Occupation (1936–1941): Foreignness and Integration, From Local to Colonial Subject

Boris Adjemian

Afterword: Citizenship and Subjecthood, Empire and Nation

Frederick Cooper

Biography

Simona Berhe is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bologna.

Olindo De Napoli is Associate Professor in Modern History at the University of Naples Federico II.

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