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Author : Salvatore John LaGumina
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Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book From Steerage to Suburb written by Salvatore John LaGumina and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josephine Gattuso Hendin
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1936932113
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Right Thing to Do written by Josephine Gattuso Hendin and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Italian American woman struggles to find her way between two cultures in this novel of “familial dignity . . . credibility and intelligence” (Kirkus Reviews). On a stroll in his Queens neighborhood, Sicilian-born Nino Giardello glimpses his daughter, ambitious nineteen-year-old Gina, heading for the subway. Silently, he follows her to Manhattan and watches, outraged, as she walks into the arms of a golden-haired stranger. The incident confirms Nino’s worst suspicions about his daughter, whose American lifestyle he sees as an insult to his heritage. In a struggle that exceeds all boundaries, including death, father and daughter will engage in a conflict of generations, cultures, and sexes. Josephine Gattuso Hendin captures New York Italian immigrant life with startling precision, exploring the intricate web of a community’s everyday transactions and the multifaceted father-daughter relationship at the heart of the Italian American family. A coming-of-age novel that is both wryly funny and achingly sad, “The Right Thing to Do effectively portrays both New York’s Italian immigrant milieu and one man’s rage at his own powerlessness in the face of his child’s hunger for life” (Booklist).
Author : Andrew Blauner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470599642
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Brothers written by Andrew Blauner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The next best thing to not having a brother (as I do not) is to have Brothers." —Gay Talese Here is a tapestry of stories about the complex and unique relationship that exists between brothers. In this book, some of our finest authors take an unvarnished look at how brothers admire and admonish, revere and revile, connect and compete, love and war with each other. With hearts and minds wide open, and, in some cases, with laugh-out-loud humor, the writers tackle a topic that is as old as the Bible and yet has been, heretofore, overlooked. Contributors range in age from twenty-four to eighty-four, and their stories from comic to tragic. Brothers examines and explores the experiences of love and loyalty and loss, of altruism and anger, of competition and compassion—the confluence of things that conspire to form the unique nature of what it is to be and to have a brother. “Brother.” One of our eternal and quintessential terms of endearment. Tobias Wolff writes, “The good luck of having a brother is partly the luck of having stories to tell.” David Kaczynski, brother of “The Unabomber”: “I’ll start with the premise that a brother shows you who you are—and also who you are not. He’s an image of the self, at one remove . . . You are a ‘we’ with your brother before you are a ‘we’ with any other.” Mikal Gilmore refers to brotherhood as a “fidelity born of blood.” We’ve heard that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. But where do the apples fall in relation to each other? And are we, in fact, our brothers’ keepers, after all? These stories address those questions and more, and are, like the relationships, full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, burdens and blessings, humor and humanity.
Author : William Connell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135046700
Total Pages : 915 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Routledge History of Italian Americans written by William Connell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular culture. This landmark volume offers a clear and accessible overview of work in the growing academic field of Italian American Studies. Rich illustrations bring the story to life, drawing out the aspects of Italian American history and culture that make this ethnic group essential to the American experience.
Author : Stephen Wolf
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231140652
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (46 download)
Download or read book I Speak of the City written by Stephen Wolf and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Speak of the City is the most extensive collection of poems ever assembled about New York. Beginning with an early piece by Jacob Steendam (from when the city was called New Amsterdam) and continuing through poems written in the aftermath of 9/11, this anthology features voices from more than a dozen countries. It includes two Nobel Prize recipients, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, and many other recognizable names, but it also preserves the work of long-neglected poets who celebrate the wild possibilities and colossal achievements of this epic city. Poets capture New York's major moments and transformations, writing of Hudson's arrival, Stuyvesant's prejudice, and the city's astonishing growth and gentrification. They speak of the thrills of a skyscraper's observation deck and the privations of teeming tenements. They portray the immigrant experience at Ellis Island and the decay, fear, and unexpected kindness on a subway ride. They take place on sidewalks, bridges, and docks; in taxis, buses, and ferries; and even within nature. The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Broadway, the Statue of Liberty, and other familiar landmarks are recast through the prism of individual experience yet still reflect the seeming invincibility of New York and its status as a cultural magnet for the freethinking and experimental. While certain subjects and themes can be found in all urban verse, poems about New York have their own restless rhythm and ever-changing style, much like the city itself. Whether writing sonnets, epics, or experimental or imagistic verse, each of these poets has been inspired by the marvels and madness, humor and heartbreak of an enduring city.
Author : Salvatore John LaGumina
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 0977356779
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Humble and the Heroic written by Salvatore John LaGumina and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the author, an extra measure of loyalty and patriotism was required of Italian immigrants because the country of their birth was a declared enemy of their adopted country. This is the story of their quest for acceptance.
Author : Stefano Luconi
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791448571
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (485 download)
Download or read book From Paesani to White Ethnics written by Stefano Luconi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the transformations of Italian American ethnic identity in twentieth-century Philadelphia.
Author : Robert A. Orsi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253212764
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Gods of the City written by Robert A. Orsi and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Review
Author : Josephine Hendin
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 9781558612204
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)
Download or read book The Right Thing to Do written by Josephine Hendin and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1999 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel to center on the father-daughter relationship in an Italian American family.
Author : Linda E. Smeins
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780761989639
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Building an American Identity written by Linda E. Smeins and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1999 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work follows the evolution of the pattern book houses and how they represented the notion of home and community in American historical memory. The book also includes illustrations of such communities.
Author : Richard D. Alba
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300052213
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Ethnic Identity written by Richard D. Alba and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the implications of intermarriages between white Americans of differing ethnic backgrounds and looks at this new culture
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Total Pages : 856 pages
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Download or read book Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 856 pages
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Download or read book Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued as] Chambers's Journal of popular literature, science and arts written by Chambers's journal and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Bukowski
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252066689
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image written by Douglas Bukowski and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are politics, politicians, and scandals, but only in Chicago can any combination of these spark the kind of fireworks they do. And no other American city has had a mayor like William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, not in any of his political incarnations. A brilliant chameleon of a politician, Thompson could move from pro- to anti-prohibition, from opposing the Chicago Teachers Federation to opposing a superintendent hostile to it, from being anti-Catholic to winning, in huge numbers, the Catholic vote. Shape-shifter extraordinaire, Thompson stayed in power by repeatedly altering his political image. In Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image, Douglas Bukowski captures the essence of this wily urban politico as no other biographer or historian has. Using materials accessible only thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Bukowski has fashioned an unforgettable story of a volatile Chicago leader and his era. And he does it with such grace and in such an irresistible style that readers will yearn to visit the local speakeasy and lift a glass to colorful politicians gone by. "An excellent book, written in a lively style with a contemporary resonance. A first rate meditation on the image and reality of 'Big Bill' in the context of actual and mythological Chicago political history." -- Steven P. Erie, author of Rainbow's End: Irish-Americans and the Dilemma of Urban Machine Politics "Written with a flair and a gentle sardonicism that makes it fun to read, Big Bill Thompson ... is a significant contribution to the literature of urban history and politics." -- Roger W. Biles, author of The South and the New Deal and Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago
Author : Bowker
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
ISBN 13 : 9780835243162
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Publishers' Trade List Annual, 2000 written by Bowker and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2000 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah J. Mahler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691225168
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book American Dreaming written by Sarah J. Mahler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Dreaming chronicles in rich detail the struggles of immigrants who have fled troubled homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. Sarah Mahler draws from her experiences living among undocumented Salvadoran and South American immigrants in a Long Island suburb of Manhattan. In moving interviews they describe their disillusionment with life in the United States but blame themselves individually or as a whole for their lack of economic success and not the greater society. As she explores the reasons behind this outlook, the author argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by many scholars of immigration. Mahler's investigation leads to conditions that often bar immigrants from success and that they cannot control, such as residential segregation, job exploitation, language and legal barriers, prejudice and outright hostility from their suburban neighbors. Some immigrants earn surplus income by using private cars as taxis, subletting space in apartments to lower rent burdens, and filling out legal forms and applications--in essence generating institutions largely parallel to those of the mainstream society whereby only a small group of entrepreneurs can profit. By exacting a price for what used to be acts of reciprocal good will in the homeland, these entrepreneurs leave people who had expected to be exploited by "Americans" feeling victimized by their own.
