Italy on the Pacific

San Francisco's Italian Americans
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-33878-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Italian and Italian American Studies

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fichera, S.

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

Über Autor(innen)

SEBASTIAN FICHERA holds a doctorate in history from UCLA, USA. He has published articles in and in .