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Author Laurino, Maria, author.

Title The Italian Americans : a history / Maria Laurino.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
©2015
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1610733~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  973.0451 LAU    AVAILABLE
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Description 308 pages : illustrations, photographs, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Contents Part I. 1860/1910 -- La famiglia -- Who killa da chief? -- Birds of passage -- A secret history -- Up from the ashes -- Part II. 1910/1930 -- Becoming American -- Fruits of thy labor -- Taking the streets -- Guilt by association -- A shortcut -- Part III. 1930/1945 -- The little flower -- Faith in the fatherland -- Why we fight -- Enemy aliens -- American dreams -- Cultural outlaws -- Crime and prejudice -- Mythmakers -- Breaking through -- We're all italian!
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-281) and index.
Summary In a companion book to the four-hour PBS series, stereotypes and nostalgia are stripped away to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the Italian-American experience and to explore and celebrate the rich legacy of Italian-American life.
Subject Italian Americans -- History.
ISBN 9780393241297
0393241297
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