This volume is the result of an international conference held at Sapienza University of Rome in June 2014, which brought together scholars from different countr

Following Italy's unification in 1861, architects, artists, politicians, and literati engaged in volatile debates over the pursuit of national and regional iden

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"This impressive volume succeeds in bringing Italian colonialism into the space of today’s most important debates regarding colonialism and multiculturalism."