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{en} Erik Amfitheatrof. The children of Columbus: An informal history of the Italians in the New World. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1973.

Abstract

Views the immigration of Italians to America, examining changes in their life styles along with their influence on the political and social atmosphere in the U.S.

Contents

The navigators -- The fall of the Renaissance -- Tonti and Mazzei -- Risorgimento -- American exile -- Oppressa resurgit -- The south -- Mulberry Bend -- Bread, and roses -- "Il grande Far West" -- ". . . in which man was wolf to the man" -- Little Italies -- Fiorello -- The turbulent thirties -- Columbus's children.