essay
Toronto's Little Italy, 1885-1945
Little Italies in North America • Toronto • Published In 1981 • Pages: 41-62
By: Harney, Robert F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper describes the settlement of the Little Italy colony in Toronto by Italian immigrants prior to World War II. Topics discussed in this work are: relations of the immigrants to their PAESE (countrymen) both in Canada and in Italy, maintenance of the Italian's concept of ITALIANITA or ethnicity, types of employment available to immigrants, occupational specialization , attitudes toward Fascism both as practiced in Italy and its development among Italian Canadians in Canada, and the relationship of the Canadian government toward the Italian Canadian population at the outbreak of the Second World War (e.g., internment).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Social relationships and groups
- Sodalities
- External relations
- Political movements
- Prisons and jails
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Canadians
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2000
- 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
- 1885-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert F. Harney
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82175514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italians--Canada