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Whether over here or over there, what will the weather be in Edinburgh or Rome.
Books
There have been countless books on Italian immigration, especially to the
United States, so this is by no means an exhaustive list. As usual I would
welcome any suggestions.
This selection covers those books and articles specific to Scots- Italians, many you can find on Amazon, others are held in University libraries and unfortunately some are now out of print.
 | Il pane dalle sette croste author:Paolo Cresci (Italian) publisher: Banca Del Monte di Lucca 1986. |
| Isle of the displaced * author: Joe Pieri publisher: NWP1997. |
| The Italian Factor - The Italian Community in Great Britain author:Terri Colpi (English) ***out of print publisher:Mainstream 1991 (Edinburgh). |
| The Italian emigration of our times authors:Foerster, Robert Franz publisher:Cambridge Harvard Press 1926. |
| The Internment of Aliens author:Francois
Lafitte publisher:Libris 1990. |
| They took the low road. author:Bruno Sereni publisher: Giornale di Barga 1974. |
| Italian Ethnics: Their Languages, Literature and Lives. authors: Candeloro, Dominic, Fred L. Gardaphe, and Paolo A. Giordano, eds. publisher: The American Italian Historical Association, 1990. |
| Italiani in Scozia: The Story of the Scots Italians. author: Murdoch
Rodgers Odyssey: Voices from Scotland's Recent Past, ed. Billy
Kay publisher:Edinburgh: Polygon Books, 1982. |
| The Scottish Nation 1700-2000. author: T.M. Devine. publisher:Penguin Press 1999. Buy this Book. |
| Vanilla Beans & Brodo. author: Isabella Dusi. publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Tales of a Scots born woman living in Montalcino, Tuscany. Buy this Book. |
| Paradise Salvage. author: John Fusco. publisher: Simon & Schuster (2001). Mystery and suspense thriller based on the authors experience as a Scots-Italian living in the USA. Described as a story of innocence lost and justice found. Buy this Book. |
| A Mind at War: An Autobiography (1990). author: Tognini Piero publisher: New York: Vantage Press.* |
| An Italian in Exile in Edinburgh, 1840-48. author: Ambrose Mary Renaissance and Other Studies: Essays Presented to Peter M. Brown. publisher: Department of Italian, University of Glasgow.* |
| The Glasgow Italians. author: Edward Mary in "Who belongs to Glasgow? 200 Years of Migration". publisher: Glasgow 1993: Glasgow City Libraries.* |
| Italiani in Scozia - The Story of Scots Italians. author: Kay Billy Odyssey - Voices from Scotland's Past. The Second Collection. publisher: Edinburgh. Polygon (1982).* |
| Barga, Paese Come Tanti. author: Nardini Antonio. publisher: Camera di Commercio di Lucca (in collaborazione della Sezione di Barga dell'Istituto Storico Lucchese (1994).* |
| Barga no more - Portrait of a people: The Italian Scots. Article appeared in Caledonia - Living in Scotland Now (July 1999). publisher: Edinburgh: Scott House Publishing Ltd.* |
| Italian Immigration into Scotland. author:Harvey Wood Alison E, in Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies, European Immigration into Scotland. publisher: Glasgow:Scottish Association of Family History Societies.* |
| Collar the Lot! - How Britain Interned and Expelled its Wartime Refugees. authors: Gillman Peter and Leni. publisher:London:Quartet Books.* |
| Memories of 1940 - Impressions of Life in an Interment Camp. author: Rossi Gaetano. publisher: Glasgow: University of Glasgow (1991), Department of Italian.* |
| Appunti di Storia sull'Emigrazione Barghigiana. author:Bruno Sereni. publisher:Giornale di Barga.* |
| The Anti-Italian Riots, June 1940 in Racial Violence in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. author:Sponza Lucio. publisher:London: Leicester University Press.* |
| Italian Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Britain: Realities and Images author:Sponza Lucio. publisher:London: Leicester University Press.* |
| Mosiaco. A Miscellany of Writings Presented to Enrico Cocozza. author:Wilkin Andrew. publisher:Glasgow: University of Strathclyde (1985)* |
| Further Definition of the Origins of the Earliest Italo-Scots, in Millar Eillen (ed), Renaissance and Other Studies. author:Wilkin Andrew. publisher: University of Glasgow, Department of Italian (1988)* |
*Many thanks to Verena who forwarded me the above list and good luck with your dissertation!
The list below was kindly submitted by Leonard, from Canada no less....
2. "North of Naples, South of Rome" by Paolo Tullio in print and in libraries
3. " In Love and War" by Maria Corelli a delightful paperback just published of a girl who was trapped in Italy during WW2. and 14 Jews who were hidden in the Picinisco area.
4. D.H Lawrence spent a winter in Picinisco researching. An account of
it is in his "Letters" and the last chapter of his novel " Stolen Girl" describes Picinisco.
5.
" Italians
Forward” by Terri Colpi, a great picture history of The
Italians in Britain the companion book to" The Italian Factor"
6.
Joe Piere's second book. I think it’s called “ The Café Savoy”
7. “Storia Di Picinisco” by Vincenzo Arcari published by Apice of Rome in Italian
8. "Forte" by himself by Sir Charles Forte.
9. "The Little Slaves of the Harp" b Professor John Zucchi of Toronto. Italian Child Street musicians in the 19th century. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
10 "Dear Francesca." by Mary Contini.( ofValvona and Crolla) More than a recipe book. Just published. It's perhaps the best account of peasant life in the Picinisco and Fontitune area.
Thanks again to Leonard for this comprehensive list.
Review
*Isle of the displaced - The story of Joe Pieri
As an Italian living in Glasgow in the 1940's,
Joe Pieri was rounded up and interned under the direct orders of Churchill who
feared a 'Fifth Column' from 'enemy' nationals within the UK. Where his fate
differed was that than rather than the Isle of Man or Orkney, a clerical error
meant that Pieri ended up in a POW camp in Montreal, Canada.
This tale recounts his experiences, his hopes, struggles and sense of injustice - indeed his own brother served in the British Army. This period of imprisonment perhaps led Pieri to his greatest challenge, coming face to face with his love for Scotland and his feelings as an Italian.
Want to buy this Book?
Joe Pieri also has two other books published. The Big Men recounts the tales of Glasgow policemen and in Tales of the Savoy Pieri re-lives his days as a cafe owner in the Cowcaddens area of the city.
Films
| Another Place, Another Time. |
Released 1983. (Discontinued)
Directed by Michael Radford of Il Postino fame, this highlights the
plight of a number of Italian POW's relocated to a remote Scottish island
community. It follows the main characters' anguish with being away from their
families, living in an alien climate and coping with the cultural differences.
Especially well received at the Cannes Film festival of that year.
| Strictly Sinatra (also known as Cocozza's Way). |
Limited release November 2001.
Directed by Peter Capaldi, this picture features Ian Hart as Ol' Blue Eyes Loving crooner Toni Cocozza. To further his career Toni teams up with a local gang leader (Brian Cox), but this leads to some complications, especially with girlfriend Irene (Kelly MacDonald, from Trainspotting).
| Soft Top Hard Shoulder |
Released 1992
Directed by Stefan Schwartz
Written by and starring Peter Capaldi, this film follows the story of a disgruntled son of a Scots-Italian ice cream magnate who leaves Glasgow for the bright lights of London hoping to make it big as an illustrator for children books. He finds life in the big smoke tough and so takes up the timely offer from his Uncle Sal to share in the proceeds of the sale of the ice cream empire. The only drawback is that he has to make his father's birthday party on time or risk losing his cut. On the road back up north he picks up a hitchhiker that does not appear all that she seems....
