Place Reference Books
Medieval Sicily
Henry BarberaEnglish, 152 pages.
An account of the eventful and glorious period from the Norman conquest of Sicily to the death of Frederick II, focusing on the political, military, and social events that culminated with the birth of the first absolute state. This book is concise, entertaining, and illuminating from many points of view -- a must for a lovers of Sicilian history.
What Makes a Sicilian?
Gaetano Cipolla
English, 32 pages
Sicily Within
Justin Vitiello
English, 60 pages.
A Thousand Years in Sicily: from the Arabs to the
Bourbons
Giuseppe Quatriglio, translated by Justin Vitiello
228 pages, illustrated
Paperback. English.
Beginning with the Arab invasion of Sicily in 827 AD, Quatriglio passionately recounts the vicissitudes of a nation whose people, sharing one language, common traditions and customs, have always aspired to independence and self-determination. All conquerors have left traces in the character of Sicilians, but they were never able to eradicate those special qualities (Sicelitude), that unique way of being, shared by all Sicilians. Illustrated with 52 portraits, prints, ancient maps, and engravings.
The Immigrant Upraised Italian Adventurers and
Colonists in an Expanding America
Andrew F. Rolle
ISBN: 080610810X
Hardcover (June 1970)
Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Immigrants in Rural America A Study of the Italians of
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (European Immigrants and American
Society)
John V. Jr Bailmonte
ISBN: 0824002113
Hardcover (July 1990)
Garland Pub
The Italians of Newark, a Community Study
Charles Wesley, Churchill
ISBN: 0405063954
Hardcover (August 1975)
Ayer Co Pub;
The Italian American Community of San FranciscoA
Descriptive Study
Rose Doris. Scherini
ISBN: 0405134533
Hardcover (June 1980)
Ayer Co Pub;
Italian Americans (American Voices Series)
Michael Witkoski
ISBN: 0865931372
Library Binding (June 1991)
The Rourke Book Company, Inc.
Discusses Italians who have immigrated to the United States,
their reasons for coming, where they have settled, and how they
have contributed to their new country.
Piety and Power Role of Italian Parishes in the New
York Metropolitan Area (1880-1930)
Silvano M. Tomasi
ISBN: 0913256161
Hardcover (June 1975)
Center Migration Studies
Gli Italiani negli Stati Uniti
l'emigrazione e l'opera degli Italiani negli Stati Uniti
d'America atti del III Symposium di studi americani, Firenze,
27-29 maggio 1969
The Unknown Internment
An Oral History of the Relocation of Italian Americans During
World War II
Twayne Oral History Series, 4
Stephen C. Fox
THE ITALIANS OF STEELE'S STORE TEXAS
Rosemary DePasquale Boykin.
Soft Bound, 110 pages
Story of the largest Italian colony in Brazos Co., Texas. Stories
of their life style, customs, religion, and farming.
From Sicily to Elizabeth Street
Housing and Social Change Among Italian Immigrants, 1880-1930
Donna R. Cabaccia, Donna R. Gabacci
ISBN: 0873957695
Suny Series in American Social History
Paperback - 174 pages (March 1984)
State Univ of New York Pr
The Italian American Family Album (American Family
Albums)
Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
ISBN: 0195081269
Hardcover (June 1994)
Oxford Univ Press
Introduction by Mario M. Cuomo. Using interviews, memoirs,
newspaper clips, and black-and-white photographs, the Hooblers
have made Chinese and Italian immigrant history come alive. The
first-person narratives and individual accounts give the books an
intimate voice and a strong emotional impact. Allows readers to
journey to America with immigrants from Italy and understand the
life they left behind, the struggles of their trip, and the
difficulties of beginning life anew through a fascinating
compilation.
Italian Americans (Cultures of America)
Carolyn Kott Washburne
Library Binding (June 1995)
Marshall Cavendish Corp
ISBN: 1854357840
Published fall 1994. While highlighting the common American
values expressed by its target culture, each book celebrates the
culture's enduring uniqueness. A brief history of the homeland
and the story of arrival in the United States are followed by
chapters about family, religion, customs, and prominent figures,
all with numerous black-and-white and color photographs. Some
factual errors detract from otherwise attractive volumes.
The Italian Americans (The Immigrant Experience)
J. Philip Di Franco, Sandra Stotsky
ISBN: 0791033759
Chelsea House Pub Paperbacks
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Italians,
factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an
ethnic group in North America.
An Italian Passage Immigrants to Three American Cities,
1890-1930
John Walker Briggs
ISBN: 0300020953
Hardcover - 348 pages (July 1986)
Yale Univ Pr
Italian Signs, American Streets The Evolution of
Italian American Narrative
Fred L. Gardaphe
ISBN: 0822317303
Library Binding - 241 pages (April 1996)
Duke Univ Pr
Italians in America (In America Series)
Ronald P. Grossman, Martha Savaglio
Paperback - 64 pages Rei/updted edition (May 1993)
Lerner Publications Company
Discusses the contributions of Italian explorers and immigrants
to the history and civilization of the United States.
LA Storia Five Centuries of the Italian American
Experience
by Jerre Mangione, Ben Morreale
ISBN: 0060924411
Paperback - 560 pages (September 1993)
Harperperennial Library
Since Columbus arrived 500 years ago, some
five-and-a-half-million other Italians have made the long journey
across the Atlantic in search of a better life for their
families. La Storia provides a complete account of their
particularly rich exodus and Americanization. Photo inserts. "A
saga of a people, their struggles, and their triumphs in a new
world, told with drama and passion."--New York Times Book
Review
The Acculturation of the Italo-Americans in Norristown,
Pennsylvania, 1900-1950
Immigrant Communities and Ethnic Minorities in the U S and
Canada
Francis A. J. Ianni
ISBN: 0404194893
Hardcover (April 1995)
AMS Press;
Americans by Choice History of the Italians in Utica
George Schiro
ISBN: 0405064225
Hardcover (June 1975)
Ayer Co Pub;
Americans of Italian Heritage
Margherita Marchione
ISBN: 0819198269
Paperback (March 1995)
University Press of America
BLOOD of my BLOOD
The Dilemma of the Italian Americans
Richard Gambino.
Paperback - 388 pages
Better described as "Understanding our Italian Origins." From
Italy's Mezzogiorno to the cities and suburbs of America, Richard
Gambino traces the evolution of Italian-American psyche. Read
about:
* Receptions in the New Land - Work, Bread and Fire
* Reasons for Leaving Italy
* The Ellis Island experience, Little Italy, Jobs, etc * The
Family System
* L'Uomo di Pazienza - the Ideal of Manliness * La Serieta' - The
Ideal of Womanliness
* Religion, Magic, and the Church
* Childhood and Education
* Attitudes Toward Outsiders, Authority and Politics
* What It Means to Be Italian-American in the United States
In this engrossing, full-scale study, Gambino examines a uniquely
Southern Italian value system, which survived intact for two
thousand often perilous years, and examines the family as the
only social reality; explaining its complex system of rules,
stratification's, and roles for each member (father as head,
mother as core According to the New York Times: "With greater
impact than any other non-fiction book, it weaves together the
history, sociology, and psychology of first, second and third
generation Italian Americans."
Between Peasant and Urban Villager
Italian-Americans of New Jersey and New York, 1880-1980 by
Michael J. Eula
ISBN: 0820418641
Paperback (August 1993)
Peter Lang Publishing
Churches, Communities, and Children
Italian Immigrants in the Archdiocese of New York, 1880-1945
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Hardcover 1 Ed edition (November 1995)
Center Migration Studies; ISBN: 0934733562
Ethnic Alienation The Italian-Americans
Patrick J. Gallo
ISBN: 083861244X
Hardcover (March 1974)
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
Ethnic and Political Attitudes A Depth Study of Italian
Americans
Michael, Parenti
ISBN: 0405064136
Hardcover New edition (August 1975)
Ayer Co Pub;
Ethnicity in the Sunbelt Italian American Migrants in
Scottsdale, Arizona (Immigrant Communities and Ethnic Minorities
in the United States and Can)
Phyllis Cancilla Martinelli
ISBN: 0404194354
Hardcover (June 1989)
AMS Press
Family and Community Italian Immigrants in Buffalo,
1880-1930
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin
ISBN: 0252009169
Paperback (October 1981)
Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref)
From Italy to San Francisco The Immigrant
Experience
Dino Cinel
ISBN: 0804711178
Hardcover (August 1982)
Stanford Univ Pr;
From Steerage to Suburb Long Island Italians
Salvatore J. Lagumina
ISBN: 0934733287
Paperback 1st Ed. edition (May 1989)
Center Migration Studies;
Sicilians Wanted the Inquisition
Calogero Messina,
Translated by Alexandra and Peter Dawson
English
Sicily, 1780. Rumor has it that the authorities want to abolish
the Holy Inquisition. Sicilians are alarmed, they protest.
Professor Messina, who teaches at the University of Palermo, has
written a dialogue showing the Sicilian mentality of the 18th
century. 96 pages, paperback, with illustrations.
Customs and Habits of the Sicilian Peasant
Salvatore Salomone-Marino,
edited and translated by Rosalie N. Norris
Lively translation of a classic in the field of Sicilian
folklore.The author, a Sicilian physician and dedicated
folklorist, depicts the life and customs of the Sicilian peasant
of a century ago. Illustrated.
What Italy has Given the World
by Gaetano Cipolla.
An absolute must for Italian-Americans. This wonderful
celebration of the Italian contribution to the world is available
for distribution to schools and Italian-American organizations.
The pamphlet asks one seemingly whimsical question: "What would
the world be like if Italy had never existed?" In this little,
but very important book, professor Cipolla provides the factual
justification for Italian pride. We encourage organizations to
buy in large quantities and we offer special discounts as
follows: (Minimum order is 5 copies) 32 pages with
illustrations.
Sicily
Tourism is Culture. (English/Italian) A small guide of all nine
provinces. 16 pages Color photos and descriptions.
Palermo
Province Tourist Map - Monuments, historic center, churches,
Urban area, Cefalù, etc.
Street Map of Palermo
Street index, Churches, Museums, Monuments.
Of Naturalists' Interest
48 page booklet plus a map of the province with descriptions and
color photos of 14 areas.
Cefalù
The Hidden City - (English/Italian). A journey among the
forgotten stones. 16-page booklet. 16 color photos.