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The Italian legacy in Philadelphia : history, culture, people, and ideas /
"The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia examines the impact and influence of Italian arts, culture, people, and ideas on the city of Philadelphia from the founding to the present"--
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Temple University Press,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Forewords / Joe Scarnati and Joseph M. Torsella
- Preface / Andrea Canepari and Judith Goode
- Prologue: Linking Philadelphia to Italy: A History of the Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia / Andrea Canepari
- Introduction to the Volume / Judith Goode
- Part One: Independence and Early Republic. Introduction / Judith Goode
- Palladians in Philadelphia / Jeffrey Cohen
- Cesare Beccaria's Influence on the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention / Walter B. Ewald
- Thomas Jefferson and Joseph Mussi: Enjoying Milanese Life in Philadelphia / Maurizio Valsania
- Sidebar 1: Garibaldi's "American Brother" and Piedmontese Consul: The Philadelphia Story of Angelo Garibaldi / Salvatore Mangione
- Rome, Italian E̹migre̹s, and Jesuit Education in 19th Century Philadelphia / Carmen Croce
- Artists of the Capitol in Philadelphia / Barbara A. Wolanin
- Part Two: The Expanding Industrial Metropolis: New Wealth, New Elites, and New Institutions of Knowledge, Arts, and Culture. Introduction / Judith Goode
- Henry Charles Lea's Italy: A Philadelphia Businessman and Scholar's "Grand Tour from Home" / Cam Grey
- Philadelphia Society and the Grand Tour / Lisa Colletta
- The Union League of Philadelphia: The Italian Legacy / Barbara J. Mitnick
- David at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Italian Influences on Curriculum and Art Making / Albert Gury
- "Pompeii Comes to Philadelphia": the Wanamaker Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum / Ann Blair Brownlee
- 'A Dazzling Array:' Italian Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Jennifer A. Thompson
- The Italian Legacy in the Gardens of Early 20th-Century Philadelphia / Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto
- The Neapolitan Presepio at the Glencairn Museum / Joseph Chorpenning
- The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: Opera and Instrumental Music / Stephen A. Willier
- The Curtis Institute of Music and Italy / David Ludwig
- Italy on Display: Representing Italy in the 1876 Centennial and Sesquicentennial / Steven Conn
- Part Three: Made in America: Immigration, Community Formation, and Varieties of Creative Italian American Experience. Introduction / Judith Goode
- Marking Place: Brief Notes on Building Patterns in Italian-American South Philadelphia / Jeffrey Cohen
- How South Philadelphia Became Known As Italian / Judith Goode
- Sidebar 2: From Southern Italy to Southern New Jersey: Italian Success in the Garden State / Gilda Battaglia Rorro Baldassari
- Maegan Madrigal, Isabella Sangaline, Italian American Leaders in Business and Politics / Scott Gabriel Knowles
- Drawn From the Boot: The Italian Artists of Philadelphia / William R. Valerio
- Sidebar 3: The D'Ascenzo Studio / Jean M. Farnsworth
- A Family of Italian American Artists / Jody Pinto
- Jazz in the Neighborhood and the World / Chris William Sanchirico
- Sidebar 4: South Philly Musicians Remix Mural / Jeremy Goode
- Sidebar 5: Two Iconic Sports Figures / Jeremy Goode
- Romaldo Giurgola, Architect: "The Quiet Master" / Alan Greenberger
- An "extremely emotional love affair": Robert Venturi, Rome and Italy / Luca Molinari
- Part Four: Contemporary Philadelphia: Experiencing the Italian Legacy in the Branded Global City. Introduction / Judith Goode
- Italy, Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania / Chris William Sanchirico
- Sidebar 6: Vittorini's Threads of life lives on / Pietro Frassica
- Dr. Gonnella's Journey from the Mountains of Basilicata to the Medical Wards of Philadelphia / Salvatore Mangione
- Temple University and Its Italian Connection / Judith Goode
- Sidebar 7: NIAF and Its Links to Philadelphia / Joseph V. Del Raso
- The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum / Fred Simeone
- Italian Gastronomy and Its Many Roles in a Cosmopolitan City / Judith Goode
- Recalling Italy in Bricks and Mortar / Inga Saffron
- From Rocky to Botticelli, Italian Philadelphia: Concerts, Shows, Exhibits, and Conferences in a City in Pennsylvania where the "American Dream" speaks our language / Paolo Valentino
- Sidebar 8: Rocky Balboa: Icon of the City / Judith Goode
- Afterword / Andrea Canepari
- Ciao Philadelphia: Creation of an Italian Cultural Initiative and Volume.