Danzer, Gerald, A. and Louis E. Wilson, The Americans. Evanston: McDougal Littel, Inc. 1990.
A comprehensive textbook providing information from diverse points of view.
Davidson, James West and Mark Hamilton Lytle. After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
This book explains the use of historical photographs by analyzing those of Jacob Riis.
Handlin, Oscar. The Uprooted. Boston: Little Brown and Co.,1973.
This book provides a detailed account of the immigrant experience in America in the 1800's.
Musmanno, Michael. The Italians in America. New York: Doubleday and Company,1965.
This book outlines the achievements of Italians in America from the time of Christopher Columbus to Joe DiMaggio.
Mangione, Jerry. America is Also Italian. New York: G. Putnam and Son's, 1969.
This is the story of the Italians who came to the U.S. to find a better way of life., concentrating mainly on those who came around 1900.-1910
Morrison, Joan and Charlotte Fox Zabusky. American Mosaic: The Immigration Experience in the Words of those Who Lived It. New York: E.P.Dutton, 1980.
This book provides immigrants' descriptions of their reasons for migrating to America and their experiences during the trip.
Weibust, Patricia , Gennaro Capobianco, and Sally Innis Gould. The Italians. Storrs: World Education Project.1976.
An overview of Italians in their homeland, in America, and in Connecticut.