essay
Converting the Italians: Protestant and Catholic proselytizers in Milwaukee
their languages, literature, and lives: proceedings of the 20th annual conference of the american italian historical association, chicago, illinois, november 11-13, 1987 • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1990 • Pages: 245-269
By: Andreozzi, John.
Abstract
This work describes the role of the Catholic Church in Milwaukee, and the manner in which it served as the center of the religious and social life of the Italian American community in that city from approximately the 1880s to the 1980s.Topics discussed in this study are: Italian American and Irish American Catholic relations, the establishment of religious parochial schools, the struggle by Protestant and Catholic proselytizers to convert the immigrants and their children, and the sharp regional differences among the Italian immigrants which tended to undercut the Church as a social institution.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1880s-1980s
- Coverage Place
- Milwaukee, Wisc., United States
- Notes
- John Andreozzi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-269)
- LCCN
- 90083301
- LCSH
- Italian Americans