The Italian American experience

the long version

"This encyclopedia, the first book of its kind, presents the totality of the Italian American experience. The coverage includes such broad topics as the influence of Italian Americans on politics and society and their contributions to art and to the development of American Catholicism; anti-Italian discrimination in the United States; Italian American organizations, groups, and archival depositories; the role and status of Italian American women; issues of assimilation; and Italian Americans in the media."--BOOK JACKET.