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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Alessandrini, Anthony Peter
Title:
Beyond the 'Godfather' image: the role of Italian-Americans in
the development of America
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
The Italian Americans through the generations, edited by
Rocco Caporale
Published By: Original publisher
The Italian Americans through the generations, edited by
Rocco Caporale
Staten Island, New York: American Italian Historical
Association. 1986. 157-168 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
[by] Anthony Peter Alessandrini
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Italian Americans (N010)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques (114);
Theoretical orientation in research and its results (121);
Ethos (181);
Cultural identity and pride (186);
Literature (538);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The central theme of this paper is '…to show that
generations of Italian-Americans can resolve their contradictory feelings about their
ITALO-AMERICANITA only by learning about the whole Italian-American experience' (p. 157).
Italian American history, according to Alessandrini, goes back several centuries before the
recent period of migration to the United States and is intertwined in America with roots of
the development of the new nation. The development of that experience and the realization
of its importance had been increasingly obscured by the rise of the rather negative
'Godfather' image that emphasizes the more recent past and neglects much earlier
history.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
11
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
n010-011
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliography
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
No date
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Historian, Indigene-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1991
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Italian Americans
