Moored by Alpine mountains in the north, the boot-shaped Italian peninsula juts into the central Mediterranean Sea. Along its European frontier, Italy shares borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. The nation's land mass, which...

An Italian American is an American of Italian descent or dual citizenship. The phrase may refer to someone born in the United States of Italian heritage or to someone who has immigrated to the United States from Italy. It also refers to Italians of...

Marco Polo, the most famous Italian to set foot in Afghanistan, stopped there on his way to China. In the modern era, the two countries were connected when King Zahir Shah was exiled to Italy after the 1973 coup in Afghanistan, which set in...

RITA ROSSI COLWELL, PH.D. has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 1998, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton as the first woman director of the National Science Foundation. With a Ph.D. in marine microbiology, Dr. Colwell has won many...

The Italian American Museum has made concrete plans to move downtown. The museum announced on Tuesday that it has purchased three buildings near the corner of Grand and Mulberry streets in the hopes of moving to Little Italy over the next three years. The museum...

In a Tuesday press conference, the museum announced that it has purchased three buildings near the corner of Grand and Mulberry streets in the hopes of moving to Little Italy over the next three years. The museum purchased 185, 187 and 189 Grand Street in...

This is a research essay for a higher level history class.  It concerns Italian immigrants in the United States.

Details the various contributions made by Italian American immigrants in the 1800's. Describes the Italian influence on the American railroad system. Discusses the Manhattan Project and discusses the role of Italian scientists in its development.