1st Edition
The Origins of the Libyan Nation Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State
Introduction 1. Writing Modern Libyan History 2. Colonial Rule 3. Colonial Rule and Exile 4. Exile Associations and the Beginning of Political Activity 5. Pan-Arabism and Libyan Nationalism 6. The British Interlude and Political Action in Libya. Conclusion: Libya: A Country in the Making
Biography
Anna Baldinetti is Associate professor of History and Politics of North Africa and Middle East at the University of Perugia. Her research has mainly been focused on the political history of Libya and Egypt in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
"Though the author focuses on exiles, particularly Bashir al-Sa’dawi, "the father of Libyan nationalism," her book reads quite effectively as a history of Libya from the beginning of Italian occupation in 1911 to its independence in 1952 as a federal monarchy under the rule of Idris al-Sanusi of the Sanusi brotherhood of Cyrenaica. Recommended." – B. Harris Jr., Occidental College (CHOICE Nov. 2010)
