Foreword / Graziano Battistella -- Introduction / Marcello Pacini -- Italian immigrants to the United States : the last twenty years / Graziano Battistella -- Demographic and cultural aspects of Italian Americans / Joseph Velikonja -- Italian Americans and education / Francis X. Femminella -- Italian American family life / Francis X. Femminella -- Economic characteristics of Italian Americans / Karl Bonutti -- Italian Americans in selected states : a comparison / Graziano Battistella.