essay
The position of Italian Americans in contemporary society
melting pot and beyond : Italian Americans in the year 2000 • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1987 • Pages: 61-71
By: Juliani, Richard N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of the position of Italian Americans within American society.Juliani describes three dimensions, each of which is carefully studied in this work. These are: (1) the demographic, geographic, and ecological boundaries of Italian Americans as a part of the mainstream American society; (2) the position of Italian Americans in the stratification system of the United States, and (3) their cultural location and social acceptance in regard to their assimilation as Americans (p. 61).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Standard of living
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880s - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Richard N. Juliani
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans