Danielle Battisti

Whom We Shall Welcome

Italian Americans and Immigration Reform, 1945-1965

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Danielle Battisti is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nebraska¿Omaha.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780823284399
• ISBN-10: 0823284395
• Artikelnr.: 53541871

Autorenporträt

Danielle Battisti is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
ix Introduction: Boundaries of Inclusion and Exclusion in Postwar America
1 1. Italian American Identity and Politics: World War II to the Cold War
17 2. The Italian American Immigration Reform Lobby
49 3. Refugees and Relatives: Italian Americans and the Refugee Relief Act
84 4. Resettlement Assistance and "A New Standard of Living"
111 5. The Corsi Affair
147 6. From Refugee Relief to Family Reunification
175 7. The End of the National Origins System and the Limits of White Ethnic Liberalism
202 Conclusion: The Deep Roots of White Ethnicity
1965 and Beyond
235 Notes
243 Bibliography
325 Index
343