The Italian Americans

The Italian Americans: A Multicultural View exemplifies a meaningful attempt to inform readers about the Italian Americans' various experiences in the United States. Unlike many works on the Italian American experience, this unique text explains why popular negative notions of Italian American life are inaccurate. Moreover, this book provides useful information to help the reader become more cognizant of not only the Italian American experience, but the ethnic American experience in general. The eleven chapters of this book are an important beginning for the reader to become informed of the Italian American sociohistorical experiences, including the oppression, exploitation, and discrimination in the United States, past and present.

Francis N. Elmi is professor emeritus in English at City University of New York and author of The Invisible Minority: A History of the Italian American Struggle for Justice and Equality at The City University of New York.
Louis J. Gesualdi is professor of sociology at the Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies, St. John's University and author of The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings
Lisa Kuan received her MS in Biology with a concentration in recombinant DNA technology at New York University.

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