book chapter
The Italian Americans: cultural traits and socio-economic achievements
New explorations in Italian American studies: proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association, Washington, D.C., November 12-14, 1992 • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 227-234
By: Gesualdi, Louis J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
From the 1950s to 1990 researchers have tended to characterize the behavior of Italian Americans (and other ethnics in the United States) as being principally the outcome of enduring norms, values, and attitudes brought to the United States from the ethnic country of origin. This explanation is known as the cultural trait approach. This paper critiques this approach "…by reviewing and discussing some of the research on the educational and occupational achievements of Italian Americans. It examines the cultural traits of the family and the social and economic situation in explaining the group's achievements" (p. 227).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Ethos
- Norms
- Education system
- 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 chapter
- 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
- John Beierle; 1999
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Louis J. Gesualdi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94032166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans