essay
Observations on an ethnic community: Baltimore's Little Italy
Little Italies in North America • Toronto • Published In 1981 • Pages: 105-122
By: Scarpaci, J. Vincenza.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Scarpaci outlines the growth of Baltimore's Little Italy and indicates its variation from the general pattern of "Little Italies" in other parts of the United States. Scarpacci discusses the early history of the immigrant colony in Baltimore along with information on settlement and occupational patterns, the significance of the Catholic church to Italian Americans, social organization, and politics.Scarpacci also reviews and evaluates the various types of source material relevant to the Italian American population in Baltimore.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical and archival research
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- Credit
- Retail marketing
- Retail businesses
- Credit
- Insurance
- Labor supply and employment
- Political parties
- Elections
- Religious denominations
- 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.
- Unknown
- 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 ; 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
- 1806-ca. 1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Baltimore, Md., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Vincenza Scarpaci
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82175514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans