New York at Mid-Century: The Impellitteri Years

by Salvatore J. Lagumina and Salvatore John LaGumina

New York at Mid-Century traces the rise of the city's Italian Americans from turn-of-the-century peripheral positions to center stage in politics by 1950, when the electorate was called upon to choose among three Italian-born mayoral candidates--Vincent Impellitteri, Ferdinand Pecora, and Edward Corsi. Their designation to run for mayor reflected a clear ethnic calculation in the Americans of Italian descent, who had emerged as the city's largest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272050
• ISBN13: 9780313272059
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"