Paperback
295 pages
“…the essays assembled in this volume edited
by my old friend and first student, Gianfranco Cresciani, and by Bruno
Mascitelli of Swinburne University in Melbourne. All the essays are in some
sense focused on what some contemporaries might think is ‘old fashioned
political history’; there is no mention of emotions, food or dance.
The themes are significant. The research is serious. Archives have been probed
and detail from them is made available that was not public before. Australia
and Italy may be quite a long way apart in 2013 and the gap between them may be
increasing. Nonetheless they share quite a bit of history. Important aspects of
it are recovered in this collection of essays. It is as much a part of Australian
history as is more familiar tales about ‘resistance’ on the frontier, the
growth of mining or the spread of ‘Meals on Wheels’ across the nation”.
-- Professor Richard Bosworth
Gianfranco Cresciani was born in Trieste, Italy and emigrated to Australia in 1962. He
worked for Electric Power Transmission Pty Ltd, the Ethnic Affairs Commission
and the Ministry for the Arts of the NSW Government. In 1989 and 1994 he was a
member of the Australian Delegation re-negotiating with the Italian Government
the Italo-Australian Cultural Agreement. Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, from
the University of New South Wales in 2005. In 2004 the Italian Government
awarded him the honour of Cavaliere Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito. Member of
the Scientific Committee of the journal Altreitalie, published by the Centro
Altreitalie, Turin, Italy. He has researched the history of Italian migration
to Australia since 1971, and is the author of many books, articles,
exhibitions, radio and television programs and web sites in Australia and
Italy.
Dr. Bruno Mascitelli is an Associate Professor in International Studies at the Swinburne
University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Swinburne
University, Bruno was employed by the Australian Consulate in Milan for 18
years. He has published in areas related to Expatriate voting in Italy, The
History of the Italian newspaper in Australia: Il Globo (Connor Court) and An Introduction to the Italian economy.
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