The Italians in Australia

This book brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community.

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
The Italians comprised the first truly large wave of immigrants to arrive in Australia from Southern Europe after World War II and currently number around one million. Gianfranco Cresciani's authoritative account of their significant contributions to the development of Australian society through the twentieth century is comprehensive. As an authority on Italian life in Australia, Cresciani provides a definitive account of the Italo-Australian community entering the twenty-first century.

Zusammenfassung
The Italians have made an enormous contribution to the development of Australian society, and Gianfranco Cresciani - the country's foremost expert on Italian life in Australia - provides the definitive account. In this 2003 edition Cresciani brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community into the twenty-first century.

Inhalt
1. A country of emigrants; 2. Italians discover Australia, 178800; 3. The Italian presence, 1900; 4. Fascism and anti-Fascism 1922; 5. Italians and Australians at war 1940 6. Mass migration, 1947; 7. Full circle.

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