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Book SynopsisJohn Starosta Galante explores the presence, pull, and rejection of Italian nationalism and italianità (or Italianness) in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo during World War I.
Trade Review"John Galante has unquestionably identified and analyzed an intriguing and original subject: the rise and decline of an Italian South Atlantic."—Michael M. Hall,
Hispanic American Historical Review“War is a key crucible of modern nation states. By focusing on nation and ethnicity during World War I, Galante demonstrates how a distinctive, transnational Italian South Atlantic—the product of a century of migration—extended itself into the twentieth century.”—Donna Gabaccia, professor emerita of history at the University of Toronto
“By examining how global crises impacted Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo, On the Other Shore shows how the world was globalized well before 1930. Galante reminds readers that immigrants have agency, even as imperial states tried to use diasporic communities. Probing migrations, conflicts, and national identities, this is an important contribution to ethnic studies and global studies.”—Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Chair and director of the Halle Institute for Global Research at Emory University
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On the Other Shore stands out for its ambitious comparative design and the careful mining of various sources published in Italy and in South America by institutions in the Italian diaspora and the Italian government. It will make an important scholarly contribution.”—Marcelo J. Borges, author of
Chains of Gold: Portuguese Migration to Argentina in Transatlantic PerspecTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mobilizing Diaspora
2. The Great War in Il Plata
3. Mobilization in São Paulo and Mobility in the Italian Atlantic
4. War’s Antagonists in Atlantic South America
5. The Making of an Italo-Atlantic
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
