Book
The Italian Americans
Twayne Publishers • New York, New York • Published In 1980 • Pages: 348
By: Iorizzo, Luciano J., Mondello, Salvatore.
Abstract
This is a study of the Italian American experience in the United States. The text surveys Italian immigrants and their descendants in both the urban and rural environments from the seventeenth century to ca. 1980. This study focuses on the Italian Americans of Oswego, New York. As background the authors present three chapters on Italian and Italian American history. Subsequent chapters are concerned with: Italian migrations to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; assimilation of the migrants into American society; Italian Americans as a labor force; urban communities; the ethnic press; education and the family; agriculture; the PADRONI and the PADRONI system of labor recruitment; organized crime; the role of the church in the lives of Italian Americans; fascism (ca. late 1930's to mid 1940's); and the characterization of Italian Americans in American popular culture. This document is an excellent summary on Italian Americans.
- Subjects
- History and culture change
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ethos
- Press
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Labor supply and employment
- Labor relations
- Illegal entertainment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Household
- Political movements
- Education system
- culture
- Italian Americans
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- seventeenth century - ca. 1980
- Coverage Place
- Oswego, N.Y., United States
- Notes
- [by] Luciano J. Iorizzo and Salvatore Mondello
- For information on Italian history and background use History and Culture Change (170).
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. 325-337
- LCCN
- 80012908
- LCSH
- Italian Americans