Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society by Stephen Castles et al

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Italians were the largest non-British group to migrate to Australia during the post-war migration boom. Today, there are over a quarter of a million Italian-born people in the country. Australia's Italians examines the emergence of Italian culture and community and the impact Italians have had on Australia.

Contents:

• Introduction: Italian migration and the emergence of a 'post-European' society

1. Early Italian migration and the construction of European Australia 1788-1939 / Caroline Alcorso
2. Italians in Australia during World War II / Claudio Alcorso and Caroline Alcorso
3. Italian migration and settlement since 1945 / Stephen Castles
4. Italians help build Australia / Frank Panucci, Bernadette Kelly and Stephen Castles
5. Cappuccino capitalism: Italian immigrants and Australian business / Jock Collins
6. Place and community: the construction of an Italo-Australian space / Robert Pascoe
7. Community leaders in rural Australia and the construction of 'the Godfather' / Al Grassby
8. Community networks and institutions / Caroline Alcorso, Cesare Giulio Popoli and Gaetano Rando
9. Italo-Australians and politics / Stephen Castles, Gaetano Rando and Ellie Vasta
10. Italian migrant women / Ellie Vasta
11. The second generation / Ellie Vasta
12. The Italian language in Australia: sociolinguistic aspects / Gaetano Rando and Franko Leoni
13. Narrating the migration experience / Gaetano Rando
14. Italian migration to Australia and Argentina / Michael Morrissey
15. The Italo-Australian community on the Pacific rim / Ellie Vasta, Gaetano Rando, Stephen Castles and Caroline Alcorso