Thomas A. Guglielmo, assistant professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the 2004 Frederick Jackson Turner Award by the Organization of American Historians for his recent book 鈥淲hite on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945,鈥� (Oxford University Press, 2003).
Tracking the mass Italian immigration of the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, 鈥淲hite on Arrival鈥� explores the profound implications that perceptions of Italians鈥� race and color had for Chicago鈥檚 racial hierarchy and the impact of racial classification on immigrants鈥� abilities to gain opportunities in America.
The Frederick Jackson Turner Award, named in honor of the renowned frontier historian, is given annually by the Organization of American Historians for an author鈥檚 first book on some significant phase of American history. Guglielmo will receive the award at the group鈥檚 2004 meeting March 25 to 28 in Boston.
A Notre Dame faculty member since 2002, Guglielmo specializes in race and ethnicity in America and the World War II American home front.
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