Migration at the End of Empire - Couverture souple

Viscomi, Joseph John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009473409 ISBN 13 : 9781009473408

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

How has migration shaped Mediterranean history? What role did conflicting temporalities and the politics of departure play in the age of decolonisation? Using a microhistorical approach, Migration at the End of Empire explores these questions through the experiences of over 55,000 Italian subjects in Egypt during the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before 1937, Ottoman-era legal regimes fostered the coupling of nationalism and imperialism among Italians in Egypt, particularly as the fascist government sought to revive the myth of Mare Nostrum. With decolonisation, however, Italians began abandoning Egypt en masse. By 1960, over 40,000 had deserted Egypt; some as 'emigrants', others as 'repatriates', and still others as 'national refugees'. The departed community became an emblem around which political actors in post-colonial Italy and Egypt forged new ties. These anticipated, actual, and remembered departures are at the heart of this book's ambition to rethink European and Mediterranean periodisation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph J. Viscomi is a Senior Lecturer in History at Birkbeck, University of London. He is a historian and anthropologist specialising in temporality, migration, and political processes in the Mediterranean region. Previous publications include, as co-editor, the open-access volume Locating the Mediterranean: Connections and Separations across Space and Time (2022).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009473409
• ISBN 13: 9781009473408
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 330
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie