{"product_id":"italian-immigrant-radical-culture-marcella-bencivenni-9780814791035","title":"Italian Immigrant Radical Culture: The Idealism of the Sovversivi in the United States, 1890-1940","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaligned by modern media and often stereotyped, Italian Americans possess a vibrant, if largely forgotten, radical past. In Italian Immigrant Radical Culture, Marcella Bencivenni delves into the history of the sovversivi, a transnational generation of social rebels, and offers a fascinating portrait of their political struggle as well as their milieu, beliefs, and artistic creativity in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs early as 1882, the sovversivi founded a socialist club in Brooklyn. Radical organizations then multiplied and spread across the country, from large urban cities to smaller industrial mining areas. By 1900, thirty official Italian sections of the Socialist Party along the East Coast and countless independent anarchist and revolutionary circles sprang up throughout the nation. Forming their own alternative press, institutions, and working class organizations, these groups created a vigorous movement and counterculture that constituted a significant part of the American Left until World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eItalian Immigrant Radical Culture compellingly documents the wide spectrum of this oppositional culture and examines the many cultural and artistic forms it took, from newspapers to literature and poetry to theater and visual art. As the first cultural history of Italian American activism, it provides a richer understanding of the Italian immigrant experience while also deepening historical perceptions of radical politics and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSee the official website of the book at: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehttp: \/\/www.marcellabencivenni.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcella Bencivenni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814791034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814791035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012","brand":"Marcella Bencivenni","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086927016191,"sku":"9780814791035","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d954cef-42c3-4e1d-8dc3-433b68fee818.jpg?v=1769097329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-immigrant-radical-culture-marcella-bencivenni-9780814791035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}