Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD ix
4. FOREWORD xi
5. FOREWORD xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1. The Dawn of Italian Studies at Columbia University: Lorenzo Da Ponte (1825–1838) 5
8. 2. After Da Ponte: Eleuterio Felice Foresti and His Successors (1838–1911) 11
9. 3. The Casa Italiana: The Realization of an Ambitious Dream (1920s) 19
10. 4. Giuseppe Prezzolini, Controversial Casa Director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) 31
11. Appendix A: From Lorenzo Da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno: Libri Italiani at Columbia University by Meredith Levin 59
12. Appendix B: Anatomy of the Casa Italiana’s Façade by Francesco Benelli 65
13. Appendix C: The Casa Italiana Educational Bureau: A Research “Fact-Finding Institution” Studying the Italian-American Community by Javier Grossutti 69
14. Acknowledgments 73
15. Notes 75