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Explorers emigrants citizens :

by Osborne, Linda Barrett
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Anniversary Books (Modena, Italy) Physical details: 318 pages ; 31 cm. ISBN:9788896408148 (hardcover); 8896408148 (hardcover). Year: 2013
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900 - 999 973.0451 Osb (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Julio Marchiondo 100864

Photographs from the Library of Congress.

From Bocuzzi to Barett / Linda Barrett Osborne --
Birds of passage / Paolo Battaglia --
Finding America : how the book was made / Linda Barrett Osborne & Paolo Battaglia --
Explorers --
The idea of America / Antonio Canovi --
Italy's contribution to the age of discovery / Mario B. Mignone --
Explorers for hire --
Travelers and pioneers --
In the land of the free --
Cultural elites --
Fighting on both sides --
Emigrants --
The new discovery of America, in steerage / Antonio Canovi --
Going to LaMerica / Mario B. Mignone --
Mass migration --
Living in the city --
Little Italies --
Religion and education --
Italian culture --
Stereotypes and racism --
Cops and gangsters --
Rural life --
Italian labor --
Business ventures --
Citizens --
Italian American, American Italian / Antonio Canovi --
The Italian way to the American dream / Mario B. Mignone --
Fascism in Little Italy --
World War II --
The American Italian --
American politics --
All-Americans --
Who's on first? --
Boxing --
Arts and literature --
Cinema and television --
From crooners to rockers --
Shaping traditions --
Today --
Faces and names.

Fully illustrated text covers the history of Italians in America, from exploration to modern screen.

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