LEADER 02955nam 22006015 450 001 9910746969903321 005 20251009082155.0 010 $a9783031364211 010 $a303136421X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-36421-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30771305 035 $a(CKB)28465030400041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30771305 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-36421-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928465030400041 100 $a20231004d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aItaly in the American Imagination /$fby Ian J. Bickerton 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiii, 329 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color) 311 0 $a9783031364204 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Our Imagination -- 2 The American Founders and Rome -- 3 Italian Music and the American Imagination in the Nineteenth Century -- 4 Americans Imagining Italy, 1800?1865 -- 5 Post-Civil War Imaginings of Italy -- 6 Americans in Italy, 1865?1914 -- 7 American Art Collectors and Their Imaginings -- 8 Italians Imagined in the U.S. 1900?1940 -- 9 Twentieth-Century Opera and the American Imagination -- 10 Italy Imagined in World War II and Beyond -- 11 Imagined Italy in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- 12 Conclusion. 330 $aIn this comprehensive study, Ian J. Bickerton explores the fluid and multi-dimensional interactions Americans have with Italian culture and society, offering a new and novel way of considering the influence of Italy upon the United States. Bickerton argues that a true understanding of the United States, must begin with an examination of how its citizens imagine themselves. He demonstrates that throughout U.S. history, America has been deeply tied to the Italian imaginary. Ian J. Bickerton is the author of many books, including John F. Kennedy, A Reference Guide to his Life and Times (2019), A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (9th. ed. 2022), and The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East (2015). 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aItaly$xHistory 606 $aEthnology$zAmerica 606 $aCulture 606 $aUS History 606 $aHistory of Italy 606 $aAmerican Culture 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aItaly$xHistory. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aUS History. 615 24$aHistory of Italy. 615 24$aAmerican Culture. 676 $a303.48273045 676 $a303.48273045 700 $aBickerton$b Ian J.$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910746969903321 996 $aItaly in the American Imagination$93573313 997 $aUNINA