Explorers emigrants citizens : a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the Library of Congress, Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia ; with a foreword by Martin Scorsese and introductions by Antonio Canovi and Mario B. Mignone

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The instance Explorers emigrants citizens : a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the Library of Congress, Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia ; with a foreword by Martin Scorsese and introductions by Antonio Canovi and Mario B. Mignone represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.

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Explorers emigrants citizens : a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the Library of Congress, Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia ; with a foreword by Martin Scorsese and introductions by Antonio Canovi and Mario B. Mignone

Title remainder

a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the Library of Congress

Statement of responsibility

Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia ; with a foreword by Martin Scorsese and introductions by Antonio Canovi and Mario B. Mignone

Instantiates

• Explorers emigrants citizens : a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the Library of Congress

Publication

• Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Modena, Italy, Anniversary Books, 2013

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309) and index

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

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

Control code

853113711

Dimensions

31 cm

Extent

318 pages

Isbn

9788896408148

Lccn

2013026396

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655

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illustrations

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.b15936995

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(OCoLC)853113711