Title Imagining Italians : the clash of romance and race in American perceptions, 1880-1910 / Joseph P. Cosco

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in Italian/American culture SUNY series in Italian/American culture. 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 Summary Annotation A volume in the SUNY series in Italian/American Culture Fred L. Gardaphe, editor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 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 SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 141753608X 9781417536085 0791457613 9780791457610 0791457621 9780791457627 9780791486627 0791486621

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