Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience - Hardcover

Linda Barrett Osborne is a fourth generation Italian American. A former senior writer and editor with the Library of Congress's Publishing Office, she is the author of several books on American history. Her latest book is Miles to Go for Freedom - Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years.

Paolo Battaglia is an Italian author of illustrated history books such as Un Italiano nella Cina dei Boxer (2000) a photographic account of the Boxer rebellion in China; Frammenti di Guerra (2005) the photographic history of World War II in northern Italy, and New York In & Out (2008) on a 1912 photographic journey to New York.

Antonio Canovi has written on Italian emigration to Northern Europe and to America in books such as Altri modenesi andPianure migranti (2009).

Mario Mignone, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, is the founder and Director of the Centre for Italian Studies. He also founded the Association of Italian American Educators. Among his many publications are: Columbus: Meeting of Cultures (1993) and Italy Today: Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium. (2008)

Half coffee-table book, half scholarly work on the lives of Italians in the US over several centuries, this massive volume comes endorsed by Italy's current president, Giorgio Napolitano, film director Martin Scorsese, and James Billington, Librarian of Congress. . .Excellent index, well written. Highly recommended. (W. J. Parente, University of Scranton CHOICE, April 2014)