Migration at the end of empire: time and the politics of departure between Italy and Egypt

Viscomi, Joseph (2024) Migration at the end of empire: time and the politics of departure between Italy and Egypt. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009473415.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009473415

Abstract

Book synopsis: How has migration shaped Mediterranean history? And 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 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. Anticipated, actual, and remembered departures of Italians from Egypt are at the heart of this book's ambition to rethink European and Mediterranean periodisation.

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Item Type:	Book
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
Research Centres and Institutes:	Raphael Samuel History Centre
Depositing User:	Joseph Viscomi
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2024 12:31
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2024 12:31
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53222

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