A Great Conspiracy against Our Race : Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century.

A Great Conspiracy against Our Race : Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century.

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 of the E...

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Main Author: Vellon, Peter G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2014.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
Italian American newspapers > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Race identity > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
White people > Race identity > United States > History > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Ethnic identity > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > General.
Immigrants
Italian American newspapers
Italian Americans > Cultural assimilation
Italian Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
White people > Race identity
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; A GREAT CONSPIRACY AGAINST OUR RACE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Italian Language Press and the Creation of an Italian Racial Identity; 2. The Italian Language Press and Africa; 3. Native Americans, Asians, and Italian Americans: Constructions of a Multilayered Racial Consciousness; 4. The Education of Italian Americans in Matters of Color; 5. Defending Italian American Civility, Asserting Whiteness; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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