The Rise of Americanism in Italy, 1888-1919
Seiten
2025
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-5998-4 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-5998-4 (ISBN)
The Rise of Americanism in Italy, 1889–1919 explores the political, industrial, and military expansion of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century from the viewpoint of Italian culture.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marked a pivotal time for the United States as the nation emerged as a political and industrial powerhouse and fashioned its new value system. Amid waves of emigration and evolving cultural exchanges, Italy’s relationship with America became a complex tapestry of admiration, critique, and adaptation.
This study of Italy’s Americanism explores social debates within Italy regarding emigration, the development of a Columbian narrative, European reactions to the Spanish-American War, the impact of American products on Italian society, and former US president Woodrow Wilson’s military intervention and political propaganda during the First World War. It highlights discussions among Italians about the implications of emigration, contrasting prevailing negative views with a counter-narrative from Italian journalists, scholars, and missionaries who visited the United States. The negotiation of US imports and their incorporation into the Italian national context document the formation of a distinct American subculture and the early phases of the nation’s Americanization.
The Rise of Americanism in Italy provides a unique perspective to assess the early stages of America’s "soft" expansion, as the flow of departing and returning emigrants made Italy a favourable terrain for commercial penetration in Europe, transforming an export ideology into a complex network of transatlantic relations.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marked a pivotal time for the United States as the nation emerged as a political and industrial powerhouse and fashioned its new value system. Amid waves of emigration and evolving cultural exchanges, Italy’s relationship with America became a complex tapestry of admiration, critique, and adaptation.
This study of Italy’s Americanism explores social debates within Italy regarding emigration, the development of a Columbian narrative, European reactions to the Spanish-American War, the impact of American products on Italian society, and former US president Woodrow Wilson’s military intervention and political propaganda during the First World War. It highlights discussions among Italians about the implications of emigration, contrasting prevailing negative views with a counter-narrative from Italian journalists, scholars, and missionaries who visited the United States. The negotiation of US imports and their incorporation into the Italian national context document the formation of a distinct American subculture and the early phases of the nation’s Americanization.
The Rise of Americanism in Italy provides a unique perspective to assess the early stages of America’s "soft" expansion, as the flow of departing and returning emigrants made Italy a favourable terrain for commercial penetration in Europe, transforming an export ideology into a complex network of transatlantic relations.
Luca Cottini is an associate professor of Italian Studies at Villanova University.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Historical Meanings of Americanism and Americanization
1. The Emigration Debate and the Spreading of Anti-Americanism in Italy (1888–1891)
2. From Columbianism to Americanism: Italian, Vatican, and American Perceptions of the United States from the Columbian Expositions to the Spanish-American War (1892–1899)
3. Americanizing Italy: The New American Presence in Italian Industry and Culture (1901–1913)
4. Italian Americanism: Italianizing the United States (1900–1915)
5. The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Americanism (1909–1919)
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Toronto Italian Studies |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-5998-4 / 1487559984 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-5998-4 / 9781487559984 |
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