Memories of Belonging : Descendants of Italian Migrants to the United States, 1884-Present.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
- 973/.0451
- E184.I8 .W66 2015
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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