The Italian/American experience : a collection of writings /
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"The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group's varied experiences in America. This book, unlike many works on the Italian American experience, contains writings that explain why popular negative not...

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Other Authors: Gesualdi, Louis J., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
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Donor Note:Donated by the Alfred F. Mannella and Rose T. Lauria-Mannella Endowed Library Fund.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • An inaccurate notion of southern Italy
  • A reply to the moral basis of a backward society
  • Making democracy work: criticisms and response
  • The cultural trait approach: a critique
  • Popularly held beliefs about Italian Americans and organized crime
  • Bruhn and Wolf's study of Roseto, Pennsylvania: a brief discussion
  • Giovanni Schiavo's works: a summary
  • Praises for Giovanni Schiavo
  • Some ideas for Italian/American research in the twenty-first century
  • Italian American studies: a guide
  • The Italian/American experience: an annotated bibliography.