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An unlikely union : the love-hate story of New York's Irish and Italians / Paul Moses.
LIBRA F128.9.I8 M67 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moses, Paul (Professor of English)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Italian Americans.
- Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Irish Americans.
- Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Ethnic identity.
- Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York--Ethnic identity.
- Ethnicity.
- History.
- New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Ethnic relations.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Irish Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Italian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Part I. In the basement: the church as a battleground
- "Garibaldi and his hordes"
- "The Italian problem"
- Tipping point
- "Race war"
- Part II. Turf wars: rivals in the workplace
- "Can't they be separated?"
- "The other half of me!"
- Black Hand
- On the waterfront
- White Hand
- Part III. Sharing the stage: politics and entertainment
- The Pols
- Cool
- Part IV. At the altar: becoming family
- Love stories
- Food and family
- Sharing the bastions of power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479871308
- 1479871303
- OCLC:
- 893452377
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