Book
Italians in Chicago, 1880-1930: a study in ethnic mobility
Oxford University Press • New York, New York • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Nelli, Humbert S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an examination of the status of Italian immigrants in Chicago from the late-nineteenth century to the Great Depression. Major themes include relations of the Italian immigrants with other ethnic groups, the effects of acculturation on the immigrants, social mobility and patterns of settlement in the Chicago area, special institutions developed by the Italian Americans to ease the transition to a new society (e.g., through the church, mutual benefit societies, the immigrant bank, and the 'colonial press'), and ethnic group politics. Nelli also devotes a major portion of this study to an analysis of Italian predominance in crime in Chicago. In this study new light is thrown on the historical process of acculturation and a framework is established for viewing contemporary problems.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Press
- Settlement patterns
- Banking
- Insurance
- Illegal entertainment
- Crime
- Religious denominations
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 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
- 1966-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chicago, Ill., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Humbert S. Nelli
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans