Book
Community, identity and schools: educational experiences of Italians in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Second World War
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Vitone, Samuel Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study describes the changing relationship between Italian and American cultures in San Francisco starting from the period of the California Gold Rush to the Second World War. Specifically this work investigates the manner in which schools and school programs were utilized by Italians to facilitate the development of a sense of common ethnic identity and to transmit this identity to their children (p. 9). The document focuses on courses of instruction in the public, parochial, and private ethnic language classrooms of San Francisco that preserve this concept of ITALIANITA. Additional data are included on immigration and immigration policies, the establishment and development of the Italian colony in San Francisco, and the effects of world events on the colony, notably the rise of Mussolini in Italy, and his fascist doctrines.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- External migration
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Education system
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- 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.
- Indigenous Person
- Educator
- 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. 1850-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Francisco, Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Samuel Francis Vitone
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkel
- UM 8212139
- For information on Italian-American society in the United States use category 170
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans