A large-scale study of Pre-Columbian art from both archaeological and visual perspectives. Through images and commentary, it offers a systematic view of Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations.

It surveys the art of ancient American civilizations as a coherent historical whole.

A history of how Italian immigrants settled into American society and formed an ethnic identity. It can be read as both immigration history and urban history.

It presents the shift from immigrant to ethnic identity as social history.