| Oh Capitano!: Celso Cesare Moreno--Adventurer, Cheater, and Scoundrel on Four Continents Contributor(s): Vecoli, Rudolph J. (Author), Durante, Francesco (Author), Gabaccia, Donna R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0823279863 ISBN-13: 9780823279869 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018004953 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of Celso Cesare Moreno, one of the most famous of the emigrant Italian elites or prominenti. Moreno traveled the world lying, scheming, and building an extensive patron/client network to to establish his reputation as a middleman and person of significance. Through his machinations, Moreno became a critical player in the expansion of western trade and imperialism in Asia, the trafficking of migrant workers and children in the Atlantic, and the conflicts of Americans and natives over the fate of Hawaii, and imperial competitions of French, British, Italian and American governments during a critically important era of imperial expansion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Durante, Francesco: - Francesco Durante born in Anacapri, teaches the Culture and Literature of Italian Americans at the Universitą Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples. As one of Italy's foremost journalists and literary critics, he has written for various Italian newspapers and journals. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including the groundbreaking Italoamericana. Storia e letteratura degli italiani negli Stati Uniti, 1776-1943, in two volumes (the second was published with the same title by Fordham University Press in 2014); Figli di due mondi. Fante, DiDonato & C: narratori italoamericani degli anni Trenta e Quaranta; Scuorno (vergogna); I napoletani; and, together with the late Rudolph J. Vecoli, Oh Capitano! La vita favolosa di Celso Cesare Moreno in quattro continenti. He has edited two volumes of Mondadori's prestigious Meridiani series on John Fante and Domenico Rea. In addition to various editions of mannerist and baroque poets and American writers, he has translated seven volumes of John Fante, two by Bret Easton Ellis, and other writers such as William Somerset Maugham, George Arnold, and William Dean Howells. Durante is the artistic director of the annual Salerno Literary Festival. His latest book is La letteratura italoamericana (2017).Gabaccia, Donna R.: - Donna R. Gabaccia is professor of history at University of Toronto and scholar of international migration, gender and food studies. She has written and edited fifteen books on U.S. immigration, migration in world history, and the history of the worldwide Italian diaspora.Venditto, Elizabeth O.: - Elizabeth Venditto formerly managed the Immigrant Stories project at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.Vecoli, Rudolph J.: - Rudolph J. Vecoli (deceased) was director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. |
