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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778526603321

Autore

Issel William

Titolo

For both cross and flag [[electronic resource] ] : Catholic Action, anti-Catholicism, and national security politics in World War II San Francisco / / William Issel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-42369-X

9786612423697

1-4399-0030-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

Disciplina

305.6/827946108951

Soggetti

Italian Americans - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Catholic Action - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Anti-Catholicism - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Religion and politics - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Italian Americans

Italian Americans - Civil rights

San Francisco (Calif.) Ethnic relations

San Francisco (Calif.) Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sylvester Andriano, a Catholic attorney in San Francisco -- Anti-Catholicism in Little Italy -- Catholic Action, from Rome to San Francisco -- Catholic Action theory and practice in San Francisco -- Sylvester Andriano and Catholic Action in San Francisco -- The Catholic Action social apostolate -- The Catholic Action educational and moral apostolates -- Catholic Action and communism -- Catholic Action, European crises, and San Francisco politics -- Andriano's ordeal: the loyalty hearings -- Andriano's ordeal: exclusion and exile.

Sommario/riassunto

Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights because he is falsely accusedIn this fascinating, detailed history, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by



Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him. A leading figure in the Catholic Action movement, Andriano was falsely accused in state and federal Un-American Activities Committee hearings of having Fascist sympathies prior to and during World War II. As his ordeal