| The Italian American Experience in New Haven Contributor(s): Riccio, Anthony V. (Author), McDonald Carolan, Mary Ann (Foreword by), Langdon, Philip (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0791467740 ISBN-13: 9780791467749 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 974.680 |
| Series: Suny Series, Italian/American Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8.4" W x 11.02" (3.27 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Ethnic Orientation - Italian - Geographic Orientation - Connecticut - Locality - New Haven-Bridgeport, CT - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using interviews and photographs, Anthony Riccio provides a vital supplement to our understanding of the Italian immigrant experience in the United States. In conversations around kitchen tables and in social clubs, members of New Haven's Italian American community evoke the rhythms of the streets and the pulse of life in the old ethnic neighborhoods. They describe the events that shaped the twentieth century--the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression, and World War II--along with the private histories of immigrant women who toiled under terrible working conditions in New Haven's shirt factories, who sacrificed dreams of education and careers for the economic well-being of their families. This is a compelling social, cultural, and political history of a vibrant immigrant community. |