Italian Americans

The Italian Americans: A Multicultural View demonstrates how popular negative notions of Italian American life are inaccurate. It is an introduction to an understanding of the Italian American sociohistorical experience including the oppression, exploitation and discrimination of this group in the United States, past and present.

Francis N. Elmi, Louis J. Gesualdi, Lisa Kuan

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 A Brief Look at Some Beccarian Principles Chapter 2 A Brief Timeline of the Oppression, Exploitation and Discrimination of Italian Americans in the United States Chapter 3 A Comparison of the Italian and Black Sociohistorical Experiences in the United States from 1870 to the Present Chapter 4 Struggle and Triumph: A History of Prominent Hershey Italian Americans Chapter 5 The Effect of Fascist Political Repression and the Manifesto of Race on Selected Prominent Italian and Italian American Jewish Academics: Murder and Flight-Italy's Loss and America's Gain -A Multicultural Narrative Chapter 6 The Holocaust and Italy Chapter 7 A Brief Discussion on Roseto Chapter 8 Popular Held Beliefs about Italian Americans and Organized Crime Chapter 9 A Brief Critique on the 2015 PBS Special on Italian Americans Chapter 10 Criticisms of the Banning of Columbus Day Chapter 11 Some Ideas for Research and Projects for the American Italian Sociohistorical Association Bibliography Index About the Authors