THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: POLITICS, SOCIETY, & IDENTITY

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Prerequisites: PSC 101 or junior or senior standing or instructor permission. Examination of the experience of Italians in the United States from an interdisciplinary perspective beginning with the peak years of emigration (1870-1920) including the culture, society, economy, and government of Italy (push factors) and the promise of America (pull factors). Identity, citizenship, worldview, family structure, expressive culture, politics, economics, crime, and social relations in the Italian-American community.