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Short description/annotation
This book brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community.
Main description
The Italians comprised the first truly large wave of immigrants to have arrived from Southern Europe after World War II. Today, people of Italian background in Australia number around one million. The Italians have made an enormous contribution to the development of Australian society through the twentieth century and to the present, and Gianfranco Cresciani - the country's foremost expert on Italian life in Australia - provides the definitive account. In this…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Short description/annotation
This book brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community.

Main description
The Italians comprised the first truly large wave of immigrants to have arrived from Southern Europe after World War II. Today, people of Italian background in Australia number around one million. The Italians have made an enormous contribution to the development of Australian society through the twentieth century and to the present, and Gianfranco Cresciani - the country's foremost expert on Italian life in Australia - provides the definitive account. In this new edition Cresciani brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community into the twenty-first century.

Table of contents:
1. A Country of Emigrants; 2. Italians discover Australia 1788-1900; 3. The Italian Presence 1900-1940; 4. Fascism and Anti-Fascism 1922-1940; 5. Italians and Australians at War 1940-1947; 6. Mass Migration 1947-1971; 7. Full Circle.
Autorenporträt
Gianfranco Cresciani was born in Trieste, Italy and emigrated to Australia in 1962. He has researched the history of Italian migration to Australia since 1971, and is the author of many books on Italian culture including Fascism, Anti-Fascism and Italians in Australia 1922¿1945 and was the editor of Australia, the Australians and the Italian Migration. He is currently the general manager of infrastructure development within the ministry for the arts in New South Wales.