
Strangers in a Strange Land
A Catalogue of an Exhibition on the History of Italian-Language American Imprints (1830-1945)
James J. Periconi(Author)
Grolier Club of New York (Publisher)
Published on 15. July 2012
Book
Hardback
195 pages
978-1-60583-039-1 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking examination of the legacy of Italian-language publishing in pre-war America. Strangers in a Strange Land showcases the wide range of literary works that entertained, educated, and inflamed an Italian-language audience during a period of critical historical development. This illustrated record of the exhibition on 2012 show at the Grolier contains essays by Martino Marazzi, Francesco Durante, and Robert Viscusi, as well as a bibliography of over 800 primary and secondary Italian-language works printed in America.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
color plates
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60583-039-1 (9781605830391)
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Persons
James J. Periconi is the managing principal and owner of Periconi, LLC, an environmental law firm in New York City. In 2018-19. he was a Wertheim Research Scholar at the New York Public Library.