A great conspiracy against our race : Italian immigrant newspapers and the construction of whiteness in the early twentieth century

A great conspiracy against our race : Italian immigrant newspapers and the construction of whiteness in the early twentieth century / Peter G. Vellon.

"Racial history has always been the thorn in America's side, with a swath of injustices--slavery, lynching, segregation, and many other ills--perpetrated against Black people. This very history is complicated by, and also dependent on, what constitutes a white person in this country. Many...

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Main Author: Vellon, Peter G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : NYU Press, 2014.
Series:Culture, labor, history.
Subjects:
Italian American newspapers > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Race identity > History > 20th century.
Whites > Race identity > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The Italian language press and the creation of an Italian racial identity
  • The Italian language press and Africa
  • Native Americans, Asians, and Italian Americans: constructions of a multilayered racial consciousness
  • The education of Italian Americans in matters of color
  • Defending Italian American civility, asserting whiteness.

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