Decolonization and the Foundation of Postwar Italy
E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
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Verlag: Cornell University Press
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The presence of displaced persons also posed the complex question of who belonged, culturally and legally, in an Italy that was territorially and politically reconfigured by decolonization. The process of demarcating types of refugees thus represented a critical moment for Italy, one that endorsed an ethnic conception of identity that citizenship laws made explicit. Such an understanding of identity remains salient, as Italians still invoke language and race as bases of belonging in the face of mass immigration and ongoing refugee emergencies. Ballinger's analysis of the postwar international refugee regime and Italian decolonization illuminates the study of human rights history, humanitarianism, postwar reconstruction, fascism and its aftermaths, and modern Italian history.
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Introduction: Mobile Histories
1. Empire as Prelude
2. Wartime Repatriations and the Beginnings of Decolonization
3. Italy's Long Decolonization in the Era of Intergovernmentalism
4. Displaced Persons and the Borders of Citizenship
5. Reclaiming Facism, Housing the Nation
Conclusion: "We Will Return"