Table of Contents Letter from the Editor123 Notes on Contributors127 Articles Il Cittadino on Fascism: The Response of the Greater Youngstown, OH Italian Americana Community to Mussolini’s Rise to Power/ Ryan Antonucci133 Fictionalizing Carlo Tresca: Jerre Mangione’s Night Search/ Francesca de Lucia143 Dangers in Imagining Italy and Italians: John Fante’s Fantasy and Films/ Dennis Barone151 …

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Table of Contents Letter from the Editor1 Notes on Contributors3 Articles Memories of Work and Definition of Community: The Making of Italian Americans in the Mahoning Valley/ Donna M.DeBlasio & Martha I. Pallante9 Opera as a Nationalistic Weapon: The Erection of the Monument to Giuseppe Verdi in New York City/ Stefano Luconi37 Poetry Featured Poet …

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