| Description |
xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. A Public Life. Peter Sammartino / Frank J. Cavaioli -- Ella Grasso / Jon E. Purmont -- Part II. Family. Poem: I study Italian / Mary Russo Demetrick -- Moonstruck: cultures observing and observed / Mario Aste -- Italian migrant workers in turn-of-the-century New Jersey / Cindy Hahamovitch -- Italian POWs and the talian-American community, 1943-1945: an overview / Louis Keefer -- The Italians in Kenosha, Wisconsin / Joseph Salituro -- Part III. Religion. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, gifted pioneer of the Midwest / Flora Breidenbach -- Italian Protestants and the Catholic Church in Buffalo, New York / Secondo Casarotto -- A case study of the Italian laymen and parish life at Our Lady of Pompei, Greenwich Village, New York City / Mary Elizabeth Brown -- Part IV. Community. An ounce of prevention: community health and Italian American women / Suzanne Krase -- Community cooperation and activism: Italians and African Americans in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn / Judith N. DeSena -- African American student reaction to Italian American culture / Jerome Krase -- The Italian American Theater in Boston, 1935-1939 / Chris Newton -- The Botto House National History Landmark / Robert B. Immordino -- Part V. Transition. Public policy and the Mexican Italians at El Paso, Texas / Valentino J. Belfigio -- Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, anti-communist crusader / Salvatore J. LaGumina -- Madonna and Mafioso: a view of mythopoeia in practice / Anthony LaRuffa -- The Italian woman in fiction: a journey from private to public / Rose DeAngelis -- Southern Italian-American comedy: the cases of Matteo Cannizzaro, Lou Monte, Louis Prima and Dom DeLuise / Salvatore Primeggia, Flody Vivino, Joseph Varacalli -- Italian Americans and professional boxing in Connecticut, 1941-1951 / Richard Renoff. |
| Note |
"Co-sponsored by the New England Chapter of NIAF and the Italian American Historical Society of Greater New Haven." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Italian Americans -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Cavaioli, Frank J.
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Danzi, Angela.
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LaGumina, Salvatore John, 1928-
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Italian American Historical Society of Greater New Haven.
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National Italian American Foundation. New England Chapter.
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| ISBN |
0934675295 hardcover |
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0934675309 soft |
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