Imperial Designs - Italians in China 1900-1947

Imperial Designs is the first text in English dealing comprehensively with the Italian colonial experience in China. It confirms imperial policy and the rhetoric of conquest.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations and Credits
Introduction
1. Italian Colonial Background, Sanmen Bay, and the Boxers
2. Luigi Barzini, Sr., in China
3. Salvago Raggi: Diplomatic and Expat Community at the Turn of the Century
4. Varè and Ciano: Diplomats Before and After the Rise of Fascism
5. The City as Text: Tientsin Concessions (Tianjin)
6. Chinoiserie and China as Mirror of the Other: Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Shirley Ann Smith is associate professor of Italian Language and Literatures at Skidmore College.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Ann Smith
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2012
• EAN: 9781611475012
• ISBN: 978-1-61147-501-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 459 g
• Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories