Italian American Experience in New Haven, The
Italian American Experience in New Haven, The

Author: Anthony V. Riccio

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2009-01-08

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0791481700

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Using interviews and photographs, Anthony Riccio provides a vital supplement to our understanding of the Italian immigrant experience in the United States. In conversations around kitchen tables and in social clubs, members of New Haven's Italian American community evoke the rhythms of the streets and the pulse of life in the old ethnic neighborhoods. They describe the events that shaped the twentieth century—the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression, and World War II—along with the private histories of immigrant women who toiled under terrible working conditions in New Haven's shirt factories, who sacrificed dreams of education and careers for the economic well-being of their families. This is a compelling social, cultural, and political history of a vibrant immigrant community.

La Storia
La Storia

Author: Jerre Mangione

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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The lives of millions of fellow Americans.

Remembering Italian America
Remembering Italian America

Author: Laurie Buonanno

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1000349365

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Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity. Employing the concept of communicative memory, the authors explain the processes that gave shape to Italian identity in America and the ways in which a symbolic identity became concretized in Italian American oral histories. The text explores the Italy migrants left behind, transatlantic networks, the welcome received by the Italian newcomers, the socioeconomic fabric of Italian America, and the singular worldview that grew out of the immigrant experience. In exploring the role of memory in the construction of Italian American identity, the book analyzes the commonalities in the lives of immigrants, allowing the Italian American experience to speak to the circumstances of newer immigrant communities and allowing these new immigrant communities to speak to the Italian migrant history. Looking at Italian American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume brings various theoretical perspectives to bear on "what, why, and how" questions concerning the Italian American experience. This book will be of interest to students of ethnic studies, immigration studies, and American/transnational studies, as well as American history. Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award

Were You Always an Italian?
Were You Always an Italian?

Author: Maria Laurino

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780393049305

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Journalist and writer Maria Laurino blends autobiography and cultural history in this revealing look at Italian culture and its impact on Italian-American, and American, life. Particularly valuable is her discussion of stereotyping (both nostalgic and negative) and her insightful description of her struggle, beginning in adolescence, with her own Italian identity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Explorers Emigrants Citizens
Explorers Emigrants Citizens

Author: Linda Barrett Osborne

Publisher: Anniversary Books Srl

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788896408148

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For this book, the authors have selected 500 images related to the rich history of Italian Americans from the Library of Congress's holdings of photographs, maps, posters, letters, films, and sound recordings. The book's narration is supported by never-b

Italian Americans
Italian Americans

Author: Ben Morreale

Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Assc

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780883631263

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A colorful narrative of the "Italian experience" in America traces the history of this ethnic community in the new world and celebrates its accomplishments from Frank Sinatra to Lee Iacocca.

The Italian/American Experience
The Italian/American Experience

Author: Louis J. Gesualdi

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 0761858601

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The Italian/American Experience represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group's varied experiences in America. This collection of eleven works offers readers an in-depth view of Italian American culture and heritage.

The Italian-americans
The Italian-americans

Author: Maria Laurino

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0393241297

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This richly researched, beautifully illustrated volume illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. From extensive archival materials and interviews with well-known Italian Americans, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Laurino reveals surprising, fascinating lives: Italian-Americans working on sugar-cane plantations in Louisiana to those who were lynched in New Orleans; the banker who helped rebuild San Francisco after the great earthquake; families interned as “enemy aliens” in World War II. From anarchist radicals to “Rosie the Riveter” to Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, and Bill de Blasio; from traditional artisans to rebel songsters like Frank Sinatra, Dion, Madonna, and Lady Gaga, this book is both exploration and celebration of the rich legacy of Italian-American life. Readers can discover the history chronologically, chapter by chapter, or serendipitously by exploring the trove of supplemental materials. These include interviews, newspaper clippings, period documents, and photographs that bring the history to life.

The Routledge History of Italian Americans
The Routledge History of Italian Americans

Author: William Connell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 915

ISBN-13: 1135046700

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The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular culture. This landmark volume offers a clear and accessible overview of work in the growing academic field of Italian American Studies. Rich illustrations bring the story to life, drawing out the aspects of Italian American history and culture that make this ethnic group essential to the American experience.