Imagining Italians : the clash of romance and race in American perceptions, 1880-1910 /

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cosco, Joseph P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Series:SUNY series in Italian/American culture.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Italian Americans > Public opinion.
Immigrants > United States > Public opinion.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Public opinion > United States.
Italian Americans in literature.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Américains d'origine italienne > Opinion publique.
Américains d'origine italienne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Américains d'origine italienne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine italienne dans la littérature.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnic relations
Immigrants > Public opinion
Immigrants > Social conditions
Italian Americans in literature
Italian Americans > Public opinion
Italian Americans > Social conditions
Public opinion
Racism
United States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction : Magnificently Miserable Italians and Their Wretched, Princely Italy
  • Ch. 1 Jacob Riis: Immigrants Old and New, and the Making of Americans
  • Ch. 2 Edward Steiner: All Is (Not) Race?
  • Ch. 3 Henry James's Picturesque Peasants: Heroes of Romance or Modern Men?
  • Ch. 4 Henry James's "Flagrant Foreigners": Whose Country Is This Anyway?
  • Ch. 5 Mark Twain: Racism, Nativism, and the Twinning of Italianness
  • Conclusion: The Fight for Whiteness.

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