ISBN:
0585321701
,
9780585321707
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 273 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Richards, David A.J Italian American
DDC:
305.851073
Keywords:
Italian Americans Cultural assimilation
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Italian Americans Ethnic identity
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Racism Political aspects
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History
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19th century
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United States
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Racism Political aspects
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History
;
20th century
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United States
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Constitutional history United States
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Constitutional history Italy
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Constitutional history Europe
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Americanization
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Constitutional history
;
Italian Americans Cultural assimilation
;
Constitutional history
;
Racism Political aspects 19th century
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History
;
Constitutional history
;
Racism Political aspects 20th century
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History
;
Italian Americans Ethnic identity
;
Constitutional history
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Emigration and immigration
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Italian Americans ; Cultural assimilation
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Italian Americans ; Ethnic identity
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Racism ; Political aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Americanization
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History
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United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
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Italy, Southern Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Europe
;
Italy
;
Italy, Southern
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United States
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Italy, Southern Emigration and immigration
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History
;
Europe
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Italy
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Southern Italy
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction --2. Revolutionary Constitutionalism --3. The Promise and Betrayal of Italian Revolutionary Constitutionalism: The Southern Italian Emigration --4. American Liberal Nationalism and the Italian Emigration --5. Multicultural Identity and Human Rights --Bibliography --Index --About the Author
Abstract:
When southern Italians began emigrating to the U.S. in large numbers in the 1870s-part of the "new immigration" from southern and eastern rather than northern Europe-they were seen as racially inferior, what David A. J. Richards terms "nonvisibly" black. The first study of its kind, Italian American explores the acculturation process of Italian immigrants in terms of then-current patterns of European and American racism. Delving into the political and legal context of flawed liberal nationalism both in Italy (the Risorgimento) and the United States (Reconstruction Amendments), Richards examines why Italian Americans were so reluctant to influence depictions of themselves and their own collective identity. He argues that American racism could not have had the durability or political power it has had either in the popular understanding or in the corruption of constitutional ideals unless many new immigrants, themselves often regarded as racially inferior, had been drawn into accepting and supporting many of the terms of American racism. With its unprecedented focus on Italian American identity and an interdisciplinary approach to comparative culture and law, this timely study sheds important light on the history and contemporary importance of identity and multicultural politics in American political and constitutional debate
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index. - Description based on print version record
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