An unlikely union : the love-hate story of New York's Irish and Italians

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Title:

An unlikely union : the love-hate story of New York's Irish and Italians

Author:

Moses, Paul (Professor of English)

Personal Author:

Moses, Paul (Professor of English)

Publication Information:

New York : New York University Press, [2015]

Physical Description:

xi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language:

English

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.

Subject Term:

Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.

Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.

Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005

Irish Americans. (OCoLC)fst00978933

Irish Americans -- Ethnic identity. (OCoLC)fst00978937

Italian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00980419

Italian Americans -- Ethnic identity. (OCoLC)fst00980427

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.