Emigrant Nation

The Making of Italy Abroad

Mark I. Choate

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$60.50 • £48.95 • €54.50

ISBN 9780674027848

Publication Date: 06/30/2008

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340 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 halftones, 3 maps, 7 graphs

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Mark I. Choate is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University.

Awards & Accolades

Co-Winner, 2010 European Studies Book Award, Council for European Studies

2009 Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History, American Catholic Historical Association

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