I prefetti della provincia di Cagliari
The analysis of local and national archival documents, in addition to providing interesting insights into the reality of different countries, has allowed us to learn about the men who managed the life of the province. First and foremost, the prefects, with their experiences before and, briefly, afte...
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2025
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| Zusammenfassung: | The analysis of local and national archival documents, in addition to providing interesting insights into the reality of different countries, has allowed us to learn about the men who managed the life of the province. First and foremost, the prefects, with their experiences before and, briefly, after their appointment, which was not always, indeed almost never, welcomed by those concerned, their dealings with the Ministry of the Interior, local administrations, and Sardinian deputies and senators. And, alongside the prefects, the prefectural commissioners, the mayors, the many men of power in a period full of change and tension, with the specter, which later became reality, of (almost) universal suffrage. From an analysis of the documents, primarily from the Central State Archives in Rome, but also from the archives in Cagliari and Iglesias, we can see how the various prefects proposed, or attempted to propose, solutions to the province's economic problems, especially in the face of unemployment caused by the war in the Iglesiente mines, for example. And, again in the Iglesiente area, they attempted to stem the formation of socialist administrations. To this end, they sought the help of the deputy prefect of Iglesias and the various royal or prefectural commissioners appointed from time to time in the various towns in the area, with the specific and declared aim of blocking socialist growth. Also significant was the progress made in what we might call an educational process, i.e., the attempt to resolve situations that could easily be defined as malfeasance: administrators closed in on their personal or family interests, municipal councils unable to propose solutions to the degradation in which citizens lived, due to neglect and, very often, ignorance. Different in terms of sensitivity, culture, but also prejudices and fears, real or imagined, through their reports to the ministry, the prefects show us a province that is still unknown in many ways, allowing us to see, beyond the usual notables, also the ‘normal’ citizens, the inhabitants of the various towns, large and small, of the province. Particular attention is paid to the royal and/or prefectural commissioners in order to understand the reasons behind their appointment: were they a response to the inaction or misdeeds of local authorities, or a means of control/punishment/usurpation of power by the state through the prefects? |
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