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For both cross and flag : Catholic Action, anti-Catholicism, and national security politics in World War II San Francisco / William Issel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Issel, William.
- Series:
- Urban Life, Landscape and Policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italian Americans--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Italian Americans.
- Catholic Action--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Catholic Action.
- Anti-Catholicism--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Anti-Catholicism.
- Religion and politics--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Religion and politics.
- World War, 1939-1945--Italian Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Italian Americans--Civil rights.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Catholic Church--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Andriano, Sylvester, 1889-1963.
- Andriano, Sylvester.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights because he is falsely accusedIn this fascinating, detailed history, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him. A leading figure in the Catholic Action movement, Andriano was falsely accused in state and federal Un-American Activities Committee hearings of having Fascist sympathies prior to and during World War II. As his ordeal
- Contents:
- Sylvester Andriano, a Catholic attorney in San Francisco
- Anti-Catholicism in Little Italy
- Catholic Action, from Rome to San Francisco
- Catholic Action theory and practice in San Francisco
- Sylvester Andriano and Catholic Action in San Francisco
- The Catholic Action social apostolate
- The Catholic Action educational and moral apostolates
- Catholic Action and communism
- Catholic Action, European crises, and San Francisco politics
- Andriano's ordeal: the loyalty hearings
- Andriano's ordeal: exclusion and exile.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612423697
- 9781282423695
- 128242369X
- 9781439900307
- 1439900302
- OCLC:
- 607553567
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