But We Built Roads for Them: The Lies, Racism and False M...
Filippi, Francesco / Philpot, Robin / Cusmano, Domenic
In the fiery political debates in and about Italy, silence reigns about the country's colonial legacy. Reducing European colonial history to Britain and France has effectively concealed an enduring phenomenon in Italian history that lasted for 80 years (1882 to 1960). It also blots out the history of the countries it colonized in Northeastern Africa. Francesco Filippi challenges the myth of Italians being " nice people" or " good" colonialists...