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L'America ne' suoi primi fattori: la colonizzazione e l'emigrazione: Nuovi Orizzonti [America in its first factors: colonization and emigration: New Horizons]. Firenze: Tip. di G. Barbera, 1893.
This work of activist (in Italy) Giuseppe Godio first presented as part of "new horizons" the idea here that sending Italians to live in less than welcoming (economically, culturally, and climatically) colonies in Africa like Eritrea was expensive…
Gli Italiani negli Stati Uniti [The Italian American Experience]. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
This is the Arno Press (New York Times) reprint of the original work (also in the collection, q.v.).This volume includes Pietro Russo's important and oft-cited "La stampa periodica italo-americana," a basic work for understanding the Italian-American…
Pionieri ed eroi della storia americana [Pioneers and Heroes of American History]. New York: Frugone, Balletto & Pellegatti Printing & Publishing Co., 1907.
Dedicated to Melville Knox Bailey, founder & president of "Italo-American Educational League." Perhaps reflecting how early in the period of the Great Migration he was writing, Cavallaro’s work is not about Italians, but rather sets forth the…
Storia delle Missioni Francescane in California con illustrazioni [History of the Franciscan Missions in California, with illustrations]. San Francisco: Tipo. Castagno, Bright & Gold, 1915.
This is an illustrated and robust history written by a priest of the 21 Franciscan missions in California founded between 1769 and 1823. The publishers are listed at the same location (440 Sansome St. in San Francisco) in the 1915 Writings on…
La guerra italo-austriaca 1915-1919 [The Italian-Austrian War, 1915-1919]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1919.
Pallavicini (b. Torino (according to Flamma) or Milan (according to Schiavo) as Pallavicini-Pirovano, 1886; d. San Francisco, 1938) began his American writing career in New York, publishing this work with the Società Libraria Italiana, founded and…
Resoconto del processo avanti la Corte d'Assise di Viterbo contro Schicchi Paolo [Report of the Trial before the Court of Assizes in Viterbo against Paolo Schicchi]. New York: Bolletini Speciali del tempo, 1925.
This work is a report of Paolo Schicchi's trial for attempted murder and other crimes allegedly committed by this anarchist. It includes a statement by the Sicilian-born but international revolutionary anarchist himself, as well as transcripts of…
Memorandum coloniale ossia sintesi storica di osservazioni e fatti che diano un'idea generale della vita coloniale degli italiani nel Nord America con monografia illustrativa della colonia di Philadelphia [Colonial Memorandum, or Historical Synthesis of Observations & facts which give a general idea of the colonial life of Italians in North America with an illustrated monograph of the colony of Philadelphia]. Philadelphia: "La Forbice", 1911.
This is stated to be second volume; no copy of this second volume found in any library. The first volume was published by "Mastro Paolo" in 1910-1912, copies of which are in the Rutgers & U. of Michigan libraries. On rear cover, notice that "Il…
Gli Italiani negli Stati Uniti: L'emigrazione e l'opera degli italiani negli Stati Uniti d'America Atti del III Symposium di Studi Americani Firenze, 27-29 Maggio 1969. Firenze: Istituto di Studi Americani Universita degli studi di Firenze, 1969.
This is a fine early collection of essays by both Italian American and Italian scholars about the emigration and work of Italians in the U.S. The essays arise from a symposium of American studies at Florence in May 1969, very soon after the beginning…
Storia della Sicilia Antica [History of Old Sicily]. New York: Divagando Corporation, 1955.
This work was illustrated by John Abys, who also, as Giovanni Abys, illustrated both the 1912 original and the 1944 reissue of L'Assassinio della Contessa Trigona, q.v.The Divagando Corporation was presumably the publisher also of the more well known…
Il libro dei santi. New York: Variety Bazaar & Italian Book, 1942.
The front cover provides some bibliographic information in Italian, translated here as: “Printed exclusively for the newspaper L’Italia 1500 Stockton Street, San Francisco, Cal.” This information is not on the title page.This is the rare publication…
Gli Italiani in America [Italians in America]. Roma: Tip. di Giovanni Balbi, 1896.
This analysis of Italian emigration to the Americas up to the mid-1890s is useful generally about early immigration.After about six pages generally on immigration to the Americas, there are about ten pages on emigration to the U.S. There are longer…
La Russia in fiamme [Russia in Flames]. New York: Casa Editrice "I Giovani", 1919.
The subject of La Russia in fiamme is one Vacirca knew well from his interviews (while a senator in Italy) with Lenin and Trotsky: the Russian Revolution, from its inception in 1917. The first few pages feature quotations in French (Romain Rolland)…