Memories of Belonging : Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present.
Wirth, Christa.
Memories of Belonging : Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (420 pages) - Studies in Global Social History Series ; v.17 . - Studies in Global Social History Series .
Intro -- Memories of Belonging: Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Family Tree -- Introduction -- 1: Oral History Methodology and Networks of Memory -- 2: Transnational Migration Networks: The Paese in the Rising Global Economy -- 3: Memories of Everyday Life I: Hard Work and Family Life -- 4: Memories of Everyday Life II: Rural, Urban, and Suburban Environments -- 5: Memories of Italianness: Pride, Prejudice, and Consumption -- 6: Memories of Elvira and Giovanni Soloperto: In the Shadows of Memory and Dante's Divine Comedy -- 7: Memories of the American Dream: Migration, Assimilation, and the Homeland -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Italian Americans as the Poster Children of the Immigrant Paradigm? -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Memories of Belonging is a three-generation oral-history study of the offspring of southern Italians who migrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1913.
9789004284579
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History.
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History-Sources.
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History-Interviews.
Italian Americans-Ethnic identity.
Italian Americans-History.
United States-Emigration and immigration-History.
Italy-Emigration and immigration-History.
Worcester (Mass.)-Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
E184.I8 .W66 2015
973/.0451
Memories of Belonging : Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (420 pages) - Studies in Global Social History Series ; v.17 . - Studies in Global Social History Series .
Intro -- Memories of Belonging: Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Family Tree -- Introduction -- 1: Oral History Methodology and Networks of Memory -- 2: Transnational Migration Networks: The Paese in the Rising Global Economy -- 3: Memories of Everyday Life I: Hard Work and Family Life -- 4: Memories of Everyday Life II: Rural, Urban, and Suburban Environments -- 5: Memories of Italianness: Pride, Prejudice, and Consumption -- 6: Memories of Elvira and Giovanni Soloperto: In the Shadows of Memory and Dante's Divine Comedy -- 7: Memories of the American Dream: Migration, Assimilation, and the Homeland -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Italian Americans as the Poster Children of the Immigrant Paradigm? -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Memories of Belonging is a three-generation oral-history study of the offspring of southern Italians who migrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1913.
9789004284579
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History.
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History-Sources.
Italian Americans-Massachusetts-Worcester-History-Interviews.
Italian Americans-Ethnic identity.
Italian Americans-History.
United States-Emigration and immigration-History.
Italy-Emigration and immigration-History.
Worcester (Mass.)-Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
E184.I8 .W66 2015
973/.0451