Book
Community, identity and schools: educational experiences of Italians in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Second World War
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Vitone, Samuel Francis.
Abstract
This study describes the changing relationship between Italian and American cultures in San Francisco starting from the period of the California Gold Rush to the Second World War. Specifically this work investigates the manner in which schools and school programs were utilized by Italians to facilitate the development of a sense of common ethnic identity and to transmit this identity to their children (p. 9). The document focuses on courses of instruction in the public, parochial, and private ethnic language classrooms of San Francisco that preserve this concept of ITALIANITA. Additional data are included on immigration and immigration policies, the establishment and development of the Italian colony in San Francisco, and the effects of world events on the colony, notably the rise of Mussolini in Italy, and his fascist doctrines.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Indigenous Person
- Educator
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1850-1940
- Coverage Place
- San Francisco, Calif., United States
- Notes
- [by] Samuel Francis Vitone
- For information on Italian-American society in the United States use category 170
- UM 8212139
- Includes bibliography
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkel
- LCSH
- Italian Americans