An Unlikely Union : : The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians /

An Unlikely Union : : The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians / / Paul Moses.

An Unlikely Union tells the dramatic story of how two of America’s largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other after decades of animosity.They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New York. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Moses, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • PART I. In the Basement
  • 1. “Garibaldi and His Hordes”
  • 2. “The Italian Problem”
  • 3. Tipping Point
  • 4. “Race War”
  • Part II. Turf Wars
  • 5. “Can’t They Be Separated?”
  • 6. “The Other Half of Me!”
  • 7. Black Hand
  • 8. On the Waterfront
  • 9. White Hand
  • Part III. Sharing the Stage
  • 10. The Pols
  • 11. Cool
  • Part IV. At the Altar
  • 12. Love Stories
  • 13. Food and Family
  • 14. Sharing the Bastions of Power
  • Conclusion
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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