The Italians in Australia
NZD$67.95
inc GSTThe Italians comprised the first truly large wave of immigrants to have arrived from Southern Europe after World War II. Today, people of Italian background in Australia number around one million. The Italians have made an enormous contribution to the development of Australian society through the twentieth century and to the present, and Gianfranco Cresciani - the country's foremost expert on Italian life in Australia - provides the definitive account. In this 2003 edition Cresciani brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community into the twenty-first century.
- Over eighty photographs to illustrate the text
- Plain English, captivating style
- Attractive, curious, little known details of Italian history
- Revised and updated with new information, and a foreword by Richard Bosworth
Reviews & endorsements
Cresciani's is the best of the number of surveys of the Italian experience in Australia. Professor Richard Bosworth, University of Western Australia
Cresciani has a knowledge of the history of Italo-Australia unrivalled by anyone employed within the Australian (or Italian) academic system. Professor Richard Bosworth, University of Western Australia
'Cresciani's book [is] a concise, masterly and a very well-written overview of its subject with a strong political emphasis and a strong grounding in Italian history....' Professor Desmond Cahill, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
'...the linkage between Italian history and its repercussions in Australia and elsewhere [is] fascinating.' Professor Desmond Cahill, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Product details
August 2003Paperback
9780521537780
210 pages
229 × 152 × 12 mm
0.32kg
88 b/w illus. 1 map 1 table
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Table of Contents
- 1. A country of emigrants
- 2. Italians discover Australia, 1788–1900
- 3. The Italian presence, 1900–40
- 4. Fascism and anti-Fascism 1922–40
- 5. Italians and Australians at war 1940–7
- 6. Mass migration, 1947–71
- 7. Full circle.
