Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Getting a perspective on "new immigrant" America
  • I: The transatlantic years: World War I to 1924
  • Hyphenates and patriots: an ethnic perspective on the great war
  • Unfinished business: the homeland, national identity; and Americanization
  • Memories, principles, and reality: the postwar era to 1924
  • II: Turning inward: 1924 through World War II
  • Manifesting pride, power, and patriotism: nationality days in local communities
  • Maintaining an ethnic image: fashioning nationality days for local youths
  • Language and leisure: getting the younger generation's perspective
  • Beyond the generations: ethnic activism and class interest in the 1930s
  • The triumph of principles: national unity and ethnic activism in World War II
  • Persistent issues and new perspectives.