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

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 l...

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1. Verfasser: Viscomi, Joseph (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung: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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Introduction -- Political Membership and historical temporalities in the Mediterranean -- Extraterritoriality and migrant diplomacy in Egypt, 1861- -- Isolating time: Civilian internment during the Second World War -- Twice without a king: Uncertainty in postwar Egypt, 1943- -- Becoming refugees, 1954-1960s -- "Leave us our memories!" Nostalgia community, and the politics of departure -- Epilogue -- Mediterranean futures
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 318 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009473415
DOI:10.1017/9781009473415

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