The Building of an Empire: Italian Land Policy and Practice in Ethiopia 1935-1941: Italian Land Policy and Practice in Ethiopia, 1935-41 (Oxford Studies in African Affairs) - Hardcover

Larebo, Haile M.

 
9780198202622: The Building of an Empire: Italian Land Policy and Practice in Ethiopia 1935-1941: Italian Land Policy and Practice in Ethiopia, 1935-41 (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198202628 ISBN 13: 9780198202622
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1994

Synopsis

After the conquest of Ethiopia in 1935, Mussolini boasted, `Italy has at last got an empire of her own'. In this book Haile Larebo examines the nature and scope of Italian colonial power in Ethiopia, and compares Italy's policy there with her administration of her other colonies. Dr Larebo shows that Italy's primary interest in colonies was for land on which her surplus population could be settled, and which could be used both as a source of raw materials for the homeland and as a protected market for Italian manufactured goods. He assesses Italy's land colonization programmes with particular reference to their consequences for Ethiopian social structures. The book is firmly grounded in extensive archival research, and makes an important contribution to our knowledge of Italian colonial policy and practice.

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About the Author

Haile M. Larebo is Assistant Professor of History at Clemson University, South Carolina.

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198202628
ISBN 13 
9780198202622
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
384