Italian Americans : the history and culture of a people / Eric Martone, editor.
| Other author | Martone, Eric, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st edition. |
| Publication | Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, [2017] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Guide to Related Topics ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chronology ; Part I. Patterns of Emigration: Urban and Rural Settlement ; Historical Overview ; Birds of Passage ; Cabrini, Frances Xavier (1850-1917) ; Criminal Stereotypes, Italians and; Derogatory Names for Italian Americans ; Discrimination, Italian American. |
| Contents | Ellis Island, Italian Immigration through Explorers, Italian ; Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1882) ; Latin America, Italian Immigration to; Little Italies; Lynching of Italian Americans ; Mutual Aid Societies, Italian American; New Orleans, Italian Immigration to ; Organized Crime, Italian Americans and; Padrone System ; Post-World War II Immigration, Italian; Regions, Italian. |
| Contents | Risorgimento, Italian Savoy, House of ; Scalabrinian Missionaries ; Segregation, Italian Americans and ; Taliaferro Family ; Tenements ; Waldensians in America ; Western Migration, Italian Americans and ; Part II. Civic Engagement and Economic Life: Endeavors in Business and American Civil Society ; Historical Overview ; Anarchism, Italian American ; Boiardi, Ettore (1897-1985) ; Bonaparte, Charles (1851-1921). |
| Contents | Business Corporations Founded by Italian Americans Cabinet Members, Italian American ; Cassini, Oleg (1913-2006) ; Castro, The Mafia and Plots to Kill ; CEOs, Italian American ; Civil War, Italian Americans in the ; Congress, Italian Americans in ; DiGiorgio Corporation ; Diplomats, Italian American. |
| Contents | Fascism, Italian Americans and Italian Fashion, Italian Americans in ; Ferraro, Geraldine (1935-2011) ; Fireworks Companies, Italian American ; Food Importers and Market Chains, Italian American ; Gambling, Italian Americans and Organized ; Ghirardelli Chocolate Company ; Giannini, Amadeo Pietro (1870-1949) ; Giuliani, Rudolph (1944- ) ; Governors, Italian American. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Italian Americans. 1st edition. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, [2017] 9781610699945 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016031209 |
| ISBN | 9781610699952 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1610699955 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hard copy ; alk. paper) |
| Stock number | 969025 MIL |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |