During the First World War, over 300,000 Italian emigrants returned from across the world to serve in Italy's armed forces. But what happened to these men during the war and after it had ended? Emigrant Soldiers reconstructs their experiences, following the trajectories of four men who returned from the United States, Brazil, France, and Britain.
During the First World War, over 300,000 Italian emigrants returned from across the world to serve in Italy's armed forces. But what happened to these men during the war and after it had ended? Emigrant Soldiers reconstructs their experiences, following the trajectories of four men who returned from the United States, Brazil, France, and Britain.
Selena Daly is an Associate Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. Her research explores modern Italy with a focus on the history of Italian emigration. Previous publications include Italian Futurism and the First World War (2016), which was shortlisted for The Bridge Book Award 2017.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Sons of sunny Italy: emigrant lives on the eve of war 2. Refugees and volunteers: Italian neutrality seen from abroad 3. Viva l'Italia!: setting sail for Italy in 1915 4. Serving the patria: life as an emigrant soldier 5. Trickeries and broken promises: between expectation and reality 6. Sons, don't come back!: emigrant draft evasion 7. Crazy with joy!: victory and the end of the war 8. Isolation, indifference and suspicion: experiences of emigrant veterans 9. Dictatorship, occupation and internment: emigrant veterans from Fascism to the Second World War 10. Epilogue: the memory of Italy's emigrant soldiers Bibliography Index.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Sons of sunny Italy: emigrant lives on the eve of war 2. Refugees and volunteers: Italian neutrality seen from abroad 3. Viva l'Italia!: setting sail for Italy in 1915 4. Serving the patria: life as an emigrant soldier 5. Trickeries and broken promises: between expectation and reality 6. Sons, don't come back!: emigrant draft evasion 7. Crazy with joy!: victory and the end of the war 8. Isolation, indifference and suspicion: experiences of emigrant veterans 9. Dictatorship, occupation and internment: emigrant veterans from Fascism to the Second World War 10. Epilogue: the memory of Italy's emigrant soldiers Bibliography Index.
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