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Making Trieste Italian, 1918-1954

by Maura Hametz

Traces the changing identity and ownership of the important city of Trieste in a turbulent period.

FORMAT
Hardcover
LANGUAGE
English
CONDITION
Brand New


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Traces the changing identity and ownership of the important city of Trieste in a turbulent period.The port of Trieste, standing at a crucial strategic point at the head of the Adriatic, had a turbulent history in the mid-twentieth century. With the disappearance of the Habsburg empire after the First World War, it passed intoItalian hands. During the Second World War, the Nazis reclaimed the city as part of the Reich. In 1945, Trieste slipped through Tito's fingers and was internationalised under Allied military government control, returning to Italian sovereignty in 1954.This book examines Trieste's transformation from an imperial commercial centre at the crossroads of the Italian, German and Balkan worlds to an Italian border city on the southern fringe of the iron curtain. Concentrating on local sources, the book shows how Triestines, renowned for their cosmopolitan Central European affiliations, articulated an Italian civic identity after the First World War, and traces the fitful process ofaffirming Trieste's Italianness over the course of nearly four decades of liberal, Fascist and international rule. It suggests that Italianisation resulted from complicated interactions with Rome and interference by internationalpowers attempting to strengthen western Europe at the edge of the Balkans.

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A fascinating story. * ITALIAN STUDIES QUARTERLY *

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A fascinating story. ITALIAN STUDIES QUARTERLY

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A fascinating story. ITALIAN STUDIES QUARTERLY

Details

ISBN086193279X
Author Maura Hametz
Short Title MAKING TRIESTE ITA 1918-1954
Language English
ISBN-10 086193279X
ISBN-13 9780861932795
Media Book
Format Hardcover
Year 2005
Imprint Royal Historical Society
Place of Publication London
Country of Publication United Kingdom
DEWEY 945.3939
DOI 10.1604/9780861932795
Series Number 47
UK Release Date 2005-11-17
AU Release Date 2005-11-17
NZ Release Date 2005-11-17
Illustrations 1 line illus.
Pages 216
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Series Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Publication Date 2005-11-17
Audience Professional & Vocational

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