From paesani to white ethnics : the Italian experience in Philadelphia /
Stefano Luconi.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.
- x, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
- SUNY series in Italian/American culture .
- SUNY series in Italian/American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-253) and index.
Chapter 1: Introduction: ethnicity as a social construction and the case of Italian Americans -- Chapter 2: The transposition of subnational identities -- Chapter 3: The development of a national identity -- Chapter 4: Italianness in the depression years -- Chapter 5: The impact of World War II and it aftermath -- Chapter 6: From Italian Americans to white ethnics.
Italian Americans--Ethnic identity.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Italian Americans--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century. Italian Americans--Social conditions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Ethnic relations. Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--20th century. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.