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020    9781941046159
020    1941046150
035    (OCoLC)ocn960870895
035    260756
049    LHMA
041 1  eng |hita
040    CBY |beng |erda |cCBY |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dLHM
050  4 E184.354 |b.P66 2015
100 1  Pontecorboli, Gianna, |eauthor.
245 10 Americordo : |bthe Italian Jewish exiles in America / |cGianna Pontecorboli.
250    English edition.
264  1 New York : |bCPL Editions, |c[2015]
264  4  |c©2015
300    380 pages : |billustrations ; |c21 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
500    Translated by Marion Lignana Rosenberg and Steven Baker.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index (pages 333-344).
505 0  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.
520    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.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Jews, Italian |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century.
650  0 Jews |zItaly |xHistory |y20th century.
650  0 Jewish refugees |zUnited States |vBiography.
650  0 Jews |xPersecutions |xHistory |y20th century.
651  0 United States |xEmigration and immigration |xHistory |y20th century.
651  0 Italy |xEmigration and immigration |xHistory |y20th century.
648  7 1900-1999 |2fast
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
700 1  Rosenberg, Marion Lignana, |etranslator.
700 1  Baker, Steve, |etranslator.
765 0  Pontecorboli, Gianna, |tAmerica nuova terra promessa. |dMilano : F. Brioschi, 2013 |z9788895399843 |w(OCoLC)825554819
852 0   |bstacks |hE184.354 |i.P66 2015