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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780807050378
Drawing extensively on the files of La Gazzetta as well
as the personal papers of its legendary editor and publisher, James
V. Donnaruma, and on his own family’s memories, Puleo has crafted
an unsparing, but mostly admiring, account of a colorful and
vibrant community as it battled for social acceptance and political
recognition.—Michael Kenney, Boston Sunday Globe
“As you flip the pages of The Boston Italians, you can
practically smell the sauce simmering on the stove. It’s not a dull
history lesson but a narrative underdog tale of what Puleo calls
the ‘real story’ of those early southern Italian immigrants.”—Dana
Barbuto, Patriot Ledger
“At long last, a historically accurate and well-crafted history of
the Italian community that flourished in Boston’s North End.
Drawing upon original documents, as well as anecdotes from the
lives of his own family, Stephen Puleo has produced a work that is
a great read for the generalist and a gold mine of information for
the specialist.”—Thomas H. O’Connor, university historian at Boston
College and author of The Boston Irish
“An inspiring contribution not only to the history of the city, but
to the story of America. Part elegy, part paean, The Boston
Italians is a compelling document that honors the generations
of immigrants who inspired it.”—Christopher Castellani, author of
The Saint of Lost Things
“[Puleo] has written a book that moves along like a fast-paced
novel . . . Truly a magnificent work.” —Primo Magazine
story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a
largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land
recreated the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters
of the North End. Focusing on this first and crucial Italian
enclave in Boston, Puleo describes the experience of Italian
immigrants as they battled poverty, illiteracy, and prejudice;
explains their transformation into Italian Americans during the
Depression and World War II; and chronicles their rich history in
Boston up to the present day.
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