Part I of this volume, Italians Before the Great Migration, contains the on-topic papers that were highlighted during the American italian Historical Association annual meeting. They display a wide range of subjects and disciplinary approaches. Part II is composed of essays on Literature and Ethnic Identity that are not limited to the central conference topic. Part III, Poetry, is a collection of poems that span a wide range of human emotions and humanistic sensibilities, presented in English and Italian.

Part I of this volume, Italians Before the Great Migration, contains the on-topic papers that were highlighted during the American italian Historical Association annual meeting. They display a wide range of subjects and disciplinary approaches. Part II is composed of essays on Literature and Ethnic Identity that are not limited to the central conference topic. Part III, Poetry, is a collection of poems that span a wide range of human emotions and humanistic sensibilities, presented in English and Italian.

In this book, an international team of urban anthropologists, sociologists, and ethnographers argue that politics, intergroup relations, and development in cities cannot be understood without reference to the local contexts that endow each city with specific characteristics.

Krase and DeSena offer a comprehensive view from the street of two iconic Brooklyn neighborhoods, Crown Heights-Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint-Williamsburg. They analyze the neighborhoods' precipitous decline and subsequent spectacular rise.

Krase and DeSena offer a comprehensive view from the street of two iconic Brooklyn neighborhoods, Crown Heights-Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint-Williamsburg. They analyze the neighborhoods' precipitous decline and subsequent spectacular rise.