| Description |
1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Editorial Notes; On transliterations; On newspaper names; Chapter One; Chapter Two; "Horrible revelations"; Corazzini and his aims; Livraghi's accusations and "confessions"; The rhetoric of scandal; The rhetoric of skepticism; The Chamber reaction; The competing colonial policies; Chapter Three; The press pursuit of el-Akkad; Italian journalism and colonial reportage; The Call to "Civilize Africa"; Chapter Four; The treaty impasse: the "Ethiopian joke"; Famine reportage; General Baldissera; Fall 1891 and the changed debate; Chapter Five |
|
The corruption trial's collapseThe murder trial's admissions; The investigating commission's rebuke; The Chamber as the last resort; Chapter Six; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Civilizing Africa"--Bringing European institutions and society to Africa - was a common rationale for nineteenth-century European expansions into that continent. However, in March 1891 a news correspondent accused officials in Italy's Red Sea colony of having ordered, without trial, the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. A scandal erupted because the news contradicted civilizing expectations, portraying Italians rather than Africans as the barbarians. The press drove a public debate over the accusations, but the debate ultimately led to an unanticipated reversal: publi |
| Subject |
Livraghi, Dario
|
|
Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century
|
|
History.
|
|
Cultural studies.
|
|
Political science & theory.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
|
|
Colonies
|
|
Italian colonies
|
| SUBJECT |
Italy -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century
|
|
Italy -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
|
| Subject |
Africa
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781443878555 |
|
1443878553 |
|
