Italy's Informal Imperialism in Tianjin During the Liberal Epoch, 1902–1922
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabina Donati (Pierre du Bois Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 447-468 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x15000461 |
| OpenAlex | W2329962717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article examines the notion of ‘informal imperialism’ in East Asia and extends the related historiographical debate to the Italian case-study by focusing on liberal Italy's concession at Tianjin city port from 1902 through 1922. By doing so, it provides a fresh perspective on Italy's sole concession in China as well as offering specific theoretical insights and historical details that have not been sufficiently discussed in the literature pertaining to Italian expansionism in the liberal years. Within the context of an Italian informal imperial structure at its inception, the study carries out an historical investigation by using the economic lens on the one hand, and the political-administrative one on the other. In this way, it advances the current discussion about informal imperialism(s) in Tianjin by surveying issues pertaining not only to Italian trade, finance, and investments in imperial settings but also to foreign self-government and the establishment of an Italian Municipal Council as tools of imperial power relations. Based on a variety of Italian-language historical sources, archival material, and related academic works, the analysis is further enriched with comparisons drawn from the English-language scholarship on the British and the Japanese informal empires
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Expansionism · Government (linguistics · Historiography · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Scholarship · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
The encounter between Italy and China
The genesis of the Italian concession in Tianjin
Italian land auctions in Tianjin
Japan in Tianjin
Making concessions in Tianjin
Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China (II)
The Tools of Imperialism
Dutch Expansion in the Indonesian Archipelago Around 1900 and the Imperialism Debate
The Imperialism of Free Trade
German Informal Imperialism in South America before 1914
Shanghailanders
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |