"This exhibition will present the hand-carved stringed instruments, particularly archtop guitars, created by three New York master luthiers. Featuring the extraordinary guitars of John D'Angelico, James D'Aquisto, and John Monteleone, this unprecedented exhibition of approximate…
Der Italiener Simon Simonini lebt in Paris, und er erlebt aus nächster Nähe eine dunkle Geschichte: geheime Militärpapiere, die der jüdische Hauptmann Dreyfus angeblich an die deutsche Botschaft verkauft, piemontesische, französische und preußische Geheimdienste, die noch geheim…
The worlds that anarchists left behind, the worlds in which they lived, and the worlds they strove to create.
From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their ident…
"Following World War II, Italy underwent a major social crisis owing to an unprecedented unemployment rate. As a result, both the Italian and the U.S. governments promoted and subsidized the emigration of the unemployed and the unskilled, particularly to Latin America, in order …
"Following World War II, Italy underwent a major social crisis owing to an unprecedented unemployment rate. As a result, both the Italian and the U.S. governments promoted and subsidized the emigration of the unemployed and the unskilled, particularly to Latin America, in order …
The invention of Italian food culture in America Looking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immig…
Feeling Italian: the art of ethnicity in America
Feeling Italian: the art of ethnicity in America
A collection of case histories, used to explore the effect of culture change on the psychological functioning of white Americans who derive from different ethnic backgrounds. This book is designed provide therapists with insights into treating third generation "hyphenated Americ…
"Italian Americans, the fifth-largest ethnic group in the United States, make up a large segment of the population. It is only recently that the daughters and granddaughters of Italian immigrants have begun to write fiction and poetry about their experiences as Italian/American …
"The internment of enemy aliens of German, Jewish, Italian and Japanese origin in Australia during the Second World War"--Provided by publisher.
"The internment of enemy aliens of German, Jewish, Italian and Japanese origin in Australia during the Second World War"--Provided by publisher
Widely acclaimed as America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is also, some argue, the pre-eminent Italian American artist. Although he has treated various subjects in over three decades, his most sustained filmmaking and the core of his achievement consists of fi…