L'America ne' suoi primi fattori: la colonizzazione e l'emigrazione: Nuovi Orizzonti [America in its first factors: colonization and emigration: New Horizons]. Firenze: Tip. di G. Barbera, 1893.
Title
L'America ne' suoi primi fattori: la colonizzazione e l'emigrazione: Nuovi Orizzonti [America in its first factors: colonization and emigration: New Horizons]. Firenze: Tip. di G. Barbera, 1893.
Description
This work of activist (in Italy) Giuseppe Godio first presented as part of "new horizons" the idea here that sending Italians to live in less than welcoming (economically, culturally, and climatically) colonies in Africa like Eritrea was expensive and difficult. Rather, the Americas, especially South America, had expanding economies and a better climate. That was a formula for success, and a much better alternative than Africa, one that would be more successful (and essentially cost-free to the Italian government). It was, he argued, a better way of spreading Italian culture, the Italian language, and of course the market place for Italian goods world wide. His work considers the native peoples of North and South America, among other topics.
On May 3, 1896, Godio presented the ideas from his book publically, with an impact on members of the Italian Parliament, according to Mark Choate in Emigrant Nation: the Making of Italy Abroad. This was, argues Choate, something that Italian politicians spoke of as the "peaceful expansion" of Italy in the world, as opposed to the hostile reception Italians received in, say, Eritrea in Africa. At that time, after Italy's defeat at Adua by Ethiopian forces, Francesco Crispi's policy of military expansionism fell apart, which sidelined Africa and military conquests as central aims of Italian foreign policy. This alternative model of colonialism was set out in the journal Riforma Sociale by economist Luigi Einaudi. Thus began the massive influx of Italians into North America.
The popularity of the work is suggested by the claim by the publisher on the cover that the book was in its third thousand of copies printed.
Godio was also the author of Tarass Bulba: dramma lirico in 4 atti (1895), among other imaginative works.
On May 3, 1896, Godio presented the ideas from his book publically, with an impact on members of the Italian Parliament, according to Mark Choate in Emigrant Nation: the Making of Italy Abroad. This was, argues Choate, something that Italian politicians spoke of as the "peaceful expansion" of Italy in the world, as opposed to the hostile reception Italians received in, say, Eritrea in Africa. At that time, after Italy's defeat at Adua by Ethiopian forces, Francesco Crispi's policy of military expansionism fell apart, which sidelined Africa and military conquests as central aims of Italian foreign policy. This alternative model of colonialism was set out in the journal Riforma Sociale by economist Luigi Einaudi. Thus began the massive influx of Italians into North America.
The popularity of the work is suggested by the claim by the publisher on the cover that the book was in its third thousand of copies printed.
Godio was also the author of Tarass Bulba: dramma lirico in 4 atti (1895), among other imaginative works.
Creator
Guglielmo Godio
Publisher
Tip. di G. Barbera
Date
1893
Format
19 x 12.5cm; 513 p.
Language
Italian
Citation
Guglielmo Godio, “L'America ne' suoi primi fattori: la colonizzazione e l'emigrazione: Nuovi Orizzonti [America in its first factors: colonization and emigration: New Horizons]. Firenze: Tip. di G. Barbera, 1893.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/400.
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