Whom we shall welcome : Italian Americans and immigration reform, 1945-1965 / Danielle Battisti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Battisti, Danielle, author.

Series:

Critical studies in Italian America.

Critical Studies in Italian America Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Americans--History--20th century.

Italian Americans.

Immigrants--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Immigrants.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.

United States.

Italy--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Whom We Shall Welcome examines World War II immigration of Italians to the United States, an under-studied period in Italian immigration history. Danielle Battisti looks at efforts by Italian American organizations to foster Italian immigration along with the lobbying efforts of Italian Americans to change the "a laws. While Italian Americans (and other white ethnics) had attained virtual political and social equality with many other groups of older-stock Americans by the end of the war, Italians continued to be classified as undesirable immigrants. Her work is an important contribution toward understanding the construction of Italian American racial/ethnic identity in this period, the role of ethnic groups in U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War era, and the history of the liberal immigration reform movement that led to the 1965 Immigration Act. Whom We Shall Welcome makes significant contributions to histories of migration and ethnicity, post-World War II liberalism, and immigration policy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and acknowledgments

Introduction. Boundaries of inclusion and exclusion in postwar America

One. Italian American identity and politics: world war ii to the cold war

Two. The Italian American immigration reform lobby

Three. Refugees and relatives: Italian Americans and the refugee relief act

Four. Resettlement assistance and “a new standard of living”

Five. The Corsi affair

Six. From refugee relief to family reunifi cation

Seven. The end of the national origins system and the limits of white ethnic liberalism

Conclusion. The deep roots of white ethnicity, 1965 and beyond

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780823286348

0823286347

9780823284405

0823284409

9780823284412

0823284417

OCLC:

1083100370