essay
The development and maintenance of New York City's Italian-American neighborhoods
melting pot and beyond : Italian Americans in the year 2000 • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1987 • Pages: 223-237
By: Freeman, Robert C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the development and growth of Italian American neighborhoods in New York City, explores some recent developments in these communities, and speculates on future prospects for the 'Little Italies' in the year 2000. The document provides data on housing both in the distant and recent past, community structure, social change in the neighborhoods, and relations of the Italian Americans with other minority groups (primarily African Americans).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- Housing
- Renting and leasing
- Community structure
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- ca. 1880s - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Robert C. Freeman
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans