Title An unlikely union : the love-hate story of New York's Irish and Italians / Paul Moses.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	xi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-366) and index.
Contents	Part I. In the basement: the church as a battleground -- "Garibaldi and his hordes" -- "The Italian problem" -- Tipping point -- "Race war" -- Part II. Turf wars: rivals in the workplace -- "Can't they be separated?" -- "The other half of me!" -- Black Hand -- On the waterfront -- White Hand -- Part III. Sharing the stage: politics and entertainment -- The pols -- Cool -- Part IV. At the altar: becoming family -- Love stories -- Food and family -- Sharing the bastions of power.
Summary	"An Unlikely Union unfolds the dramatic story of how two of America's largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other in the wake of decades of animosity. The vibrant cast of characters features saints such as Mother Frances X. Cabrini, who stood up to the Irish American archbishop of New York when he tried to send her back to Italy, and sinners like Al Capone, who left his Irish wife home the night he shot it out with Brooklyn's Irish mob. Also highlighted are the love affair between radical labor organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca; Italian American gangster Paul Kelly's alliance with Tammany's "Big Tim" Sullivan; hero detective Joseph Petrosino's struggle to be accepted in the Irish-run NYPD; and Frank Sinatra's competition with Bing Crosby to be the country's top male vocalist. In this engaging history of the Irish and Italians, veteran New York City journalist and professor Paul Moses offers an archetypal American story. At a time of renewed fear of immigrants, it demonstrates that Americans are able to absorb tremendous social change and conflict--and come out the better for it."--Publisher's description.
Subject	Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.
	Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
	Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
	Irish Americans. (OCoLC)fst00978933
	Irish Americans -- Ethnic identity. (OCoLC)fst00978937
	Italian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00980419
	Italian Americans -- Ethnic identity. (OCoLC)fst00980427
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form	History.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9781479871308 (cl ; alk. paper)
	1479871303 (cl ; alk. paper)
	9781479804153 (trade paperback)
	1479804150 (trade paperback)

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