Reviews for White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945

The average rating for White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945 based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-10-29 00:00:00 Daniel Forte Too academic and too dense for me. I also am not that interested in Chicago.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-04-30 00:00:00 Laura Miller This book raised lots of interesting questions, but I felt like overall, it was very problematic. Guglielmo argues that all Europeans were considered "white" from the moment they got to America. Thus, the Italians were not discriminated against because they were some race other than white, they were discriminated against because they were not very good examples of white.