Overview
- Offers the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Italy and the Suez Canal
- Explores Italian contributions to the production and development of the Canal from the mid-19th century to the Cold War
- Draws on mostly unpublished archival sources to reveal Italy’s contribution to the Canal
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About this book
Conceived in the 1850s and opened to navigation in 1869, the Suez Canal’s construction coincided with Italy’s 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 in 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 Drawing from unpublished public and private archival sources, this book is the first comprehensive account of this long and multifaceted relationship, providing innovative perspectives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 Italy’s 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 researchon the Canal, which has largely emerged from international business, labour and social history, and offers new insights into the Euro-Mediterranean region.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Modern Infrastructures for a Modern State: The Suez Canal and Italian Unification
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Italian Cultures and the Canal Project
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Colonial Spaces, Colonial Encounters
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Imperial Strategies in the Mediterranean, from the Mid-1860s to World War II
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Reviews
“This volume edited by Barbara Curli showcases a rich lineup of contributions and creates a space for Italian and non-Italian researchers to mingle and for those based in Italy and outside of it to come together. … Italy and the Suez Canal also succeeds in pointing out fresh ways to revisit the conventional geographic and chronological straits of Italian history.” (Lucia Carminati, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, November 24, 2023)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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 – Civiltà delle Macchine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Italy and the Suez Canal, from the Mid-nineteenth Century to the Cold War
Book Subtitle: A Mediterranean History
Editors: Barbara Curli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88255-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88254-9Published: 26 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88257-0Published: 27 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88255-6Published: 24 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 411
Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Italy, History, general, History of Technology, Political History