book chapter

Adjustment and integration: the Italian experience in Colorado

New explorations in Italian American studies: proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association, Washington, D.C., November 12-14, 1992Washington, D.c.Published In 1992 • Pages: 195-208

By: Worrall, Janet E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of labor and ethnic conflict in Colorado in the years between 1890 and 1920. Worrall recounts the numerous strikes and the United Mine Workers's struggle to organize workers and fight for an eight-hour day and a ten percent pay raise. She also recounts the lynching of an Italian immigrant in 1892 and the Ludlow Massacre of 1914. In Denver, immigrant families settled along the South Platte River, the Bottoms, where they lived in dismal poverty. Some grew and peddled fruit and vegetables and over time came to dominate Denver's garden marketing sector. Worrall also discusses the influence of early Italian-Catholic leaders.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethnic stratification
Labor supply and employment
Collective bargaining
Individual enterprise
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.
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
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
Not Specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1850-1945
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Colorado, United States
NotesAdditional notes
[Janet E. Worrall]
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
94032166
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Italian Americans