Book
The Italians of Greenwich Village: the social structure and transformation of an ethnic community
Center for Migration Studies of New York, Inc. • New York • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Tricarico, Donald.
Abstract
This is a study of an urban ethnic community from the standpoint of adaptation and change. Tricarico indicates that the South Village Italian community did not disintegrate as the result of the impact with American culture and the cessation of large-scale immigration, but instead persisted as an identifiable ethnic community, although not as a vestige of the original immigrant colony. Following World War I, this neighborhood was restructured into a new communal form reflecting '…the adjustment of the second generation to the city at a particular historical juncture, combining traditional, social and cultural forms with lower class, urban institutions' (p. xviii). Tricarico focuses his study on these institutions, particularly in reference to the family group, the social neighborhood, the local parish, district political clubs, and the Mafia syndicate, tracing the direction of change to the present day.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Indigenous Person
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- 1970-1978
- Coverage Date
- 1850s -1980s
- Coverage Place
- Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y., United States
- Notes
- [by] Donald Tricarico
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. 169-275
- LCCN
- 82074381
- LCSH
- Italian Americans