essay

Chicago's Italian American rally for immigration reform

family and community life of Italian AmericansStaten Island, New YorkPublished In 1983 • Pages: 35-46

By: Cavaioli, Frank J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article depicts the role of the American Committee on Italian Migration (ACIM), and its Chicago chapter, in establishing Italian Americans as a major political force in the United States. The article also describes in detail how the lobbying activities of the ACIM were instrumental in establishing a new Immigration and Naturalization Law in 1965 that abolished the hated national origins quota system previously in effect.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
External migration
Pressure politics
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.
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
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. 1950s - 1960s
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] Frank J. Cavaioli
Includes bibliography
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Italian Americans