La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience

by Jerre Mangione

Overview

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories."   — New York Times Book Review

From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took place between 1880 and 1924, when a whole culture left its ancient roots to settle in the cities and towns of America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060924416
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/15/1993
Series:	Harper Perennial
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.26(d)

What People are Saying About This

Joseph V. Scelsa

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories."

Editorial Reviews

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories." — New York Times Book Review

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories." — Joseph V. Scelsa, New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories."

Joseph V. Scelsa

"A saga of a people, their struggles, and the triumphs in a new world, told with drama and passion....Should be read by all Americans interested in what binds us together, despite our different backgrounds and histories."

New York Times Book Review

Fleeing poverty in the Old Country, more than five million Italians immigrated to America between 1880 and 1924--to find hardship, prejudice, and eventually, assimilation. This expansive account of the their history (enlivened by personal narratives of immigrants and their descendants) reaches from colonial times to the present, but the period of mass migration forms the heart of the story. Twenty-four pages of b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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