La mancata «valorizzazione» dell’impero. Le colonie italiane in Africa orientale e l’economia dell’Italia fascista

Autore: Alessio Gagliardi

Fonte: https://storicamente.org/gagliardi_colonie_italiane_africa_fascismo

The aim of this paper is to analyze the economic goals of the Ethiopian War and the results of the Fascist Empire in Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana). In this respect, the creation of the new colony in East Africa gave rise undoubtedly to a failure. It was the consequence of the weakness and the lack of planning that characterized the origin of the “Empire” – as it is testified, for instance, by confused and contradictory laws and frequent conflicts of jurisdiction – and was also the consequence of big companies’ lack of interest in colonial investments.

Furthermore, it has to be considered the fact the management of the Empire was centrilized in the Ministry of the Colonies (Ministero delle Colonie), whose main offices were in Roma, without giving to the local authorities the power to act in quite independent matter.

The final result was that, when Italy decided to enter in the second world war, the Empire was abandoned to himself and actually collapsed in less than one year.

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