essay
The hill upon a city: the evolution of an Italian-American community in St. Louis, 1882-1950
Little Italies in North America • Toronto • Published In 1981 • Pages: 141-164
By: Mormino, Gary.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an article on the Italian-American community, the Hill, in St. Louis, Missouri. Lombards and Sicilians came to work in the city's clay mines and brick yards; a chain migration followed. Mormino discusses the development of the parish and mutual-aid associations. The article is outstanding in how it shows the impact of ward politics on the maintenance of the Italian-American community and identity over time. The ethnic enclave was organized by political leaders for the Democratic party. This solid ethnic and democratic voting block made the difference in some close local and national elections. This political power reinforced ethnic identity and way of life. Mormino also discusses the role of a local priest in organizing youth sports as an alternative to youth gang behavior. A famous product of this sports program is Yogi Berra.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Labor supply and employment
- Athletic sports
- Sodalities
- Political parties
- Adolescent activities
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- 1973-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1882-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- St. Louis, Mo., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gary Mormino
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82175514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans