Italy on the Pacific - San Francisco''s Italian Americans

Informationen zum Autor SEBASTIAN FICHERA holds a doctorate in history from UCLA, USA. He has published articles in History News Network and in Studi Emigrazione . Klappentext This book details the Italian immigrant experience in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Mayoralty of George Moscone - which is to say the entire life cycle of the Italian community - and defines the concept of community in a way never seen before. Zusammenfassung This book details the Italian immigrant experience in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Mayoralty of George Moscone - which is to say the entire life cycle of the Italian community - and defines the concept of community in a way never seen before. Inhaltsverzeichnis Pioneers: Kindling an Italian Group Consciousness in Early San Francisco The Emigration: Creating Italy without Italians The Immigrant Economy: Making Assets Out of Liabilities Their Signature Calling: Italian American Wine Making Comes of Age North Beach: A Community Building Thrust Achieves Critical Mass Day of Reckoning: Fasces vs. Stars and Stripes and the Road to World War II Long Journey Home: Opening Out Into the Mainstream Epilogue: Creating Americans

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Pioneers: Kindling an Italian Group Consciousness in Early San Francisco The Emigration: Creating Italy without Italians The Immigrant Economy: Making Assets Out of Liabilities Their Signature Calling: Italian American Wine Making Comes of Age North Beach: A Community Building Thrust Achieves Critical Mass Day of Reckoning: Fasces vs. Stars and Stripes and the Road to World War II Long Journey Home: Opening Out Into the Mainstream Epilogue: Creating Americans

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: S Fichera, S. Fichera, Sebastian Fichera
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349341887
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34188-7
• Pages: 247
• Thèmes: Italian and Italian American Studies; Italian and Italian American S; Italian and Italian American Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Geschichte, Italien, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, B, Cultural History, History, entdecken, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, History of the Americas, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, America—History, History of Italy, Italy—History, United States—History, US History