Book
The meaning of community: a history of the Italians in San Francisco
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Fichera, Sebastian.
Abstract
This is an analysis of the economic potential of San Francisco's Italian American community, with particular reference to capital investments and in-group markets, and shows how upward mobility takes place through the integration of individuals into this economy. This document also contains information on immigration, racism, fascism, the Italian American identity, and San Francisco's Italian American community as a whole.
- Subjects
- History and culture change
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- External migration
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Press
- Housing
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- Political movements
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1850 - early twentieth century
- Coverage Place
- San Francisco, Calif., United States
- Notes
- [by] Sebastian Fichera
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California, Los Ang
- UM 8206018
- Includes bibliography
- LCSH
- Italian Americans