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Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa

The Livraghi Affair and the Waning of Civilizing Aspirations

By: Stephen C. Bruner

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Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa

The Livraghi Affair and the Waning of Civilizing Aspirations

By: Stephen C. Bruner

“Civilizing Africa” – bringing European institutions and society to Africa – was a common rationale for nineteenth-century European expansions into that continent. However, in March 1891 a news correspondent accused officials in Italy’s Red Sea colony of having ordered, without trial, the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. A scandal erupted because the news contradicted civilizing expectations, portraying Italians rather than Africans as the barbarians. The press drove a public debate over the accusations, but the debate ultimately led to an unanticipated reversal: public acceptance of the killings, because most Italians no longer considered European standards applicable to Africans. Reportage on three topics turned out to be most influential in shifting the public outlook: an Italo-Abyssinian diplomatic impasse, an on-going Africa famine, and the public persona of a colonial commander. Historians have read the 1891 affair as an inconsequential, essentially minor event in the run-up to the 1896 battle of Adua (Adwa), Italy’s defeat by African forces that some have called an event of world-historical consequence. Yet the Livraghi affair re-shaped the Italian outlook on colonialism, opening the door to the later Italo-Abyssinian conflict and an event like Adua. The affair was so important to contemporary Italians that it occupied public attention for ten months, and influenced attitudes and colonial policy for decades. It prompted an enduring change without which there might have been no Adua.

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197

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443878553

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9781443878555

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

By: Stephen Bottomley,Kath Hall,Peta Spender,Beth Nosworthy

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Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

By: Stephen Bottomley,Kath Hall,Peta Spender,Beth Nosworthy

Introduces corporate law in Australia with authoritative, contextual and critical analyses of the law of corporations and financial markets.

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695

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Cambridge University Press

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1108796958

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Photography

By: Stephen Bull

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Photography

By: Stephen Bull

Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital technology. The text is split into short, accessible chapters on the broad themes central to the study and analysis of photography, and key issues are explained and applied to visual examples in each chapter. Topics covered include: the identity of photography the meanings of photographs photography for sale snapshots the photograph as document photography as art photographs in fashion photography and celebrity. Photography is an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive introduction to debates about photography now and is particularly useful to media, photography and visual culture students.

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255

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Routledge

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1135270228

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9781135270223

Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy

By: Stephen T. Lutz, MD, MS

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Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy

By: Stephen T. Lutz, MD, MS

Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy is the first practical guide to palliative care in radiation oncology. The editors have assembled an international team of leading radiation oncologists to write this state-of-the-art volume on planning and administering single-fractionated, hypofractionated, and conventional radiation therapy for end-of-life cancer care. The handbook begins with several chapters on the background and efficacy of palliative radiation therapy, along with crucial information on patient selection and assessment of life expectancy. Following these introductory chapters, the bulk of the book contains chapters on site-specific malignancies, containing comprehensive literature reviews, treatment plans, toxicity information, and symptom management. More than 20 color figures enhance the chapter text and illustrate best practices. Written for radiation oncologists, physicists, and other radiation therapy team members, this indispensable text explains how short course regimens can be used to provide better quality care, increase quality of life and convenience, and relieve pain and suffering for advanced stage and end-of-life cancer patients. Key Features: Chapters contain self-assessment questions, clinical cases, clinical pearls, and other elements to bring out key points in the text Discusses strategies for delivering radiation to patients with significant symptoms, such as bleeding, dysphagia, airway obstruction, and other painful and debilitating side effects Includes reviews of tools for assessing life expectancy including Recursive Partitioning Analysis, the TEACHH tool, and other predictive models such as Number of Risk Factors score Explains appropriate considerations when combining palliative radiation therapy with analgesics

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Springer Publishing Company

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161705271X

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Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa

Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

Photography

Photography

Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy

Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy

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