La Storia - Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience

Zusatztext "A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories." Klappentext From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took place between 1880 and 1924, when a whole culture left its ancient roots to settle in the cities and towns of America. Zusammenfassung "A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories."   —  New York Times Book Review From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took place between 1880 and 1924, when a whole culture left its ancient roots to settle in the cities and towns of America.

Product details

• Authors: Jerre Mangione
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1993
• EAN: 9780060924416
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092441-6
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Europe, Social Theory, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, The Americas, Population and Demography, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: Latin America / General, HISTORY: AMERICAN, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Islamic Studies, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, HISTORY: ETHNIC, SOCIOLOGY: ETHNIC STUDIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Ethnic Studies / European Studies, Sociology / Ethnic Studies, History / American, History / Ethnic