The Italian/American experience : a collection of writings / Louis J. Gesualdi.

"The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group's varied experiences in America. This book, unlike many works on the Italian American experience, contains writings that explain why popular negative notions of Italian/American life are inaccurate. It lists a number of organizations and journals specializing in Italian American culture and provides brief descriptions of many leading researchers in the field of Italian American studies. This unique text also contains an annotated bibliography of key books that deal with the lives of Italians and Italian Americans. This collection of eleven works offers readers an in-depth view of Italian American culture and heritage."--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An inaccurate notion of southern Italy -- A reply to the moral basis of a backward society -- Making democracy work: criticisms and response -- The cultural trait approach: a critique -- Popularly held beliefs about Italian Americans and organized crime -- Bruhn and Wolf's study of Roseto, Pennsylvania: a brief discussion -- Giovanni Schiavo's works: a summary -- Praises for Giovanni Schiavo -- Some ideas for Italian/American research in the twenty-first century -- Italian American studies: a guide -- The Italian/American experience: an annotated bibliography.