Italy and the Suez Canal, from the mid-nineteenth century to the Cold War : a Mediterranean history / Barbara Curli, editors.
Conceived in the 1850s and opened to navigation in 1869, the Suez Canals construction coincided with Italys path to unification and its first foray into nineteenth-century globalization. Since then, the history of Italy and the Canal have intertwined in many ways, throughout peace and war. This edit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2022.
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| Summary: | Conceived in the 1850s and opened to navigation in 1869, the Suez Canals construction coincided with Italys path to unification and its first foray into nineteenth-century globalization. Since then, the history of Italy and the Canal have intertwined in many ways, throughout peace and war. This edited collection explores the fundamental technical, diplomatic and financial contributions that Italy made to the production of the Canal and to its subsequent development, from the mid-nineteenth century to the Cold War. Drawing from unpublished public and private archival sources, this book is the first comprehensive account of this long and multifaceted relationship, providing innovative perspectives on Italys diplomatic, economic, social, colonial and cultural history. An insightful read for those studying maritime, diplomatic or Italian history, this book contributes to a growing body of research on the Suez Canal, which has largely emerged from international business, labour and social history, and offers new insights into the Euro-Mediterranean region. Barbara Curli is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Turin, Italy. She is an editorial board member of Italia Contemporanea and is on the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Leonardo Civilta delle Macchine. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9783030882556 3030882551 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |