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Italian ColonialismEmpire Building and Its Limitations: Ethiopia (1935–1941)

Italian Colonialism: Empire Building and Its Limitations: Ethiopia (1935–1941) [The Italian colonial administration subscribed to the theory that colonies were an extension of the motherland to be populated by Italian settlers and exploited by Italian capital. The objective was to transform the colony into one region of a Magna Italia. The flow of emigrants was to be diverted from the Americas to Ethiopia, which would provide cheap food and raw materials for Italian industry and become a protected market for Italian products. Yet the colonial administration within which Italian policy developed was an understaffed and underfinanced machine with tangled lines of authority. Even the smallest internal matter had to be referred back to Rome, which directly controlled colonial policy. At the same time, overlapping military and civilian jurisdiction and influence wielded by the government and National Fascist Party officials (who played a far greater role in Ethiopia than in Italy) left the administration in a parlous state.1] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Italian ColonialismEmpire Building and Its Limitations: Ethiopia (1935–1941)

Part of the Italian and Italian American Studies Book Series
Editors: Ben-Ghiat, Ruth; Fuller, Mia
Larebo, Haile
Italian Colonialism — Feb 16, 2016
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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
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978-0-230-60636-4
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83 –94
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4039-8158-5_8
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Abstract

[The Italian colonial administration subscribed to the theory that colonies were an extension of the motherland to be populated by Italian settlers and exploited by Italian capital. The objective was to transform the colony into one region of a Magna Italia. The flow of emigrants was to be diverted from the Americas to Ethiopia, which would provide cheap food and raw materials for Italian industry and become a protected market for Italian products. Yet the colonial administration within which Italian policy developed was an understaffed and underfinanced machine with tangled lines of authority. Even the smallest internal matter had to be referred back to Rome, which directly controlled colonial policy. At the same time, overlapping military and civilian jurisdiction and influence wielded by the government and National Fascist Party officials (who played a far greater role in Ethiopia than in Italy) left the administration in a parlous state.1]

Published: Feb 16, 2016

Keywords: Italian Economy; Colonial Administration; Consul General; Settler Agriculture; Protected Market

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