essay
The Italian community of Philadelphia
Little Italies in North America • Toronto • Published In 1981 • Pages: 85-104
By: Juliani, Richard N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, the author, Richard Juliani, examines the evolution of Philadelphia's Italian- American community. He identifies six stages: 1) a pre-community period (1700-1850); 2) the pioneer period (1850-1870); 3) the padrone system (1860-1910); 4) the paesani system period (1890-1920); 5) the transformation period (1920-1940); and 6) the stabilization and renewal period (1950-1970). In the pre-community period, Italians came only as individual travelers and settlers. The pioneer period saw the establishment of Italian-American communities, businesses and parishes. Some successful businessmen played a big role in the next period recruiting workers from specific regions in Italy for America's expanding labor market. The following paesani period was marked by chain migration from regions where the padrones originally had recruited their workers. The period of transformation saw a ban on Italian immigration and the resettlement of Italian Americans to the suburbs and other parts of the country. The last period witnessed the disappearance of some Italian-American neighborhoods and the renewal of others.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- 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.
- Sociologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Philadelphia, Pa., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard N. Juliani
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82175514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans