The Italian Americans (Peoples of North America)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877548862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 93 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Italians, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
The narrative con tains about the same amount of text as an encyclopedia article. Most of the many, varied photographs are from ar chives and libraries. ``A Cultural Tapes try'' of eight pages of full-color photos is tipped into the center of the book; the col or balance in two of the paintings is very poor. From School Library Journal Grade 6-9 This book is confusing and super ficial for use in reports and of limited in terest as a browsing book. This book carefully mentions the cur rent pantheon of Italian-American nota blesFerraro, Cuomo, Scalia, Iacocca, and its past greatsFermi, Toscanini, Ca ruso, and others. However, this is a disap pointingly short list compared to the many, varied personalities mentioned in Grossman's dated but useful
Very informative book for all ages! Although, this book was written for children 9-12 yrs. I found it to be a very interesting and informative book for any age. This was my first book to read to get general background information on my Italian ancestors. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a general overview of the Italian history timeline.