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Memories of Belonging : Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Global Social History SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (420 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004284579
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Memories of Belonging: Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-PresentDDC classification:
  • 973/.0451
LOC classification:
  • E184.I8 .W66 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Memories of Belonging is a three-generation oral-history study of the offspring of southern Italians who migrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1913.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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