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Americordo : the Italian Jewish exiles in America / Gianna Pontecorboli.

Publication | Library Call Number: E184.354 .P66 2015

A long overdue account of a lesser-known aspect of the Italian anti-Jewish persecution: the exile of Italian Jews to America. Forced out by the Fascist persecutions during the 1930s and 1940s, roughly two thousand Italian Jews landed in America. Here they worked in a wide range of fields, from mathematics and biology to medicine, music, banking, textile manufacturing, art and antiques. The author traces their stories, strategies to exit Italy, and first steps in the new world.

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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Pontecorboli, Gianna, author.
Published
New York : CPL Editions, [2015]
©2015
Locale
United States
Italy
Language
English
Edition
English edition

About This Publication

Physical Description
380 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents
Foreword: a way of escape / Furio Colombo
Introduction: where it all began
Offended life
A new beginning
The resistance in America
The intellectuals' drama
Dreaming of tenure
America goes to war
Doctors and journalists
Musicians and artists
Traditional businesses come back to life
From war to peace: orchestrating the transition
Which home?
The new Italy comes knocking
Not only Nobels
End notes
Bibliography
Index of names
Photo sources
Biographies
A note about the author
A note on the translators
A note about the typeface.
Other Authors/Editors
Rosenberg, Marion Lignana, translator.
Baker, Steve, translator.
ISBN
9781941046159
1941046150
Notes
Translated by Marion Lignana Rosenberg and Steven Baker.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index (pages 333-344).
Foreword: a way of escape / Furio Colombo -- Introduction: where it all began -- Offended life -- A new beginning -- The resistance in America -- The intellectuals' drama -- Dreaming of tenure -- America goes to war -- Doctors and journalists -- Musicians and artists -- Traditional businesses come back to life -- From war to peace: orchestrating the transition -- Which home? -- The new Italy comes knocking -- Not only Nobels -- End notes -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Photo sources -- Biographies -- A note about the author -- A note on the translators -- A note about the typeface.

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