La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. hardcover. Tan boards with red cloth spine; xx pp. + 508 pp. of text, including two sections (32 pages total) of black and white images (11 illustrations and 54 photos); off-white dj with black, red and green text, wrapped in mylar cover and attached securely to boards. Pages purposefully cut unevenly. VG+ / VG+: Ex-library, label on spine of dj, stamps and markings on publication page / top and bottom page block, and card pocket and sticker on back flyleaf, but otherwise clean, tight, and mark-free, interiorwise. Dj is well-protected in mylar cover, with a bump to upper righthand corner of front cover. Item #156851
ISBN: 9780060167783
"... the first comprehensive account of the Italian American immigration, combining historical research with the gripping personal narratives of the immigrants themselves and their descendants--first-person stories of the adventurers, missionaries, artisans, laborers, and peasants of both sexes who settled throughout the United States" (Inside front flap). Includes Table of Contents broken into nine parts: 1. Italians Among the Colonizers; 2. The Land They Left; 3. Emigration Fever; 4. The Land They Came To; 5. New Roots Across the Nation; 6. Crime and Prejudice; 7. Work, Politics, and Divertimenti; 8. Assimilation; 9. Old Wine in New Bottles, 1940-1990. All preceded by a Prologue and "The Song of the Emigrants," and followed by an Epilogue, Bibliography and Index.
OCLC: 25410528
Price: $29.97