A New Language, a New World : Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Series .
- Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- 1. The Italian Languages in Italy and America -- 2. Linguistic Boundaries in American History -- PART TWO -- 3. "He could not explain things the way I tell it": The Immigrant in Translation -- 4. The World Turned Upside Down in Farfariello's Theater of Language -- 5. The Identity Politics of Language: Italian Language Maintenance in New York City, 1920-40 -- 6. Language, Italian American Identity, and the Limits of Cultural Pluralism in the World War II Years -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.