Whom We Shall Welcome: Italian Americans and Immigration Reform, 1945-1965

by Danielle Battisti

Book Overview

Whom We Shall Welcome examines World War II immigration of Italians to the United States, an under-studied period in Italian immigration history. Danielle Battisti looks at efforts by Italian American organizations to foster Italian immigration along with the lobbying efforts of Italian Americans to change the quota laws. While Italian Americans (and other white ethnics) had attained virtual political and social equality with many other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823284387
• ISBN13: 9780823284382
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"