Leaving Little Italy

Author : Fred L. Gardaphé
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791485978
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Little Italy written by Fred L. Gardaphé and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving Little Italy explores the various forces that have shaped and continue to mold Italian American culture. Early chapters offer a historical survey of major developments in Italian American culture, from the early mass immigration period to the present day, situating these developments within the larger framework of American culture as a whole. Subsequent chapters examine particular works of Italian American literature and film from a variety of perspectives, including literary history, gender, social class, autobiography, and race. Paying particular attention to how the individual artist's personality has intersected with community in the shaping of Italian American culture, the book reveals how and why Italian America was invented and why Little Italys must ultimately disappear.

Author : Peter Corona
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426919573
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Italy written by Peter Corona and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Little Italy: The Way It Was, Peter Corona, Ph.D. shares personal stories of the early days during the first half of the twentieth century when San Diego's Little Italy had more than 6,000 families living within its boundaries. Once known as the "Italian neighborhood" or the "Italian Colony," this thriving community was one of America's best kept secrets. In a pre-determined society that dictated life's direction from birth to death, residents followed a unique code of ethics, customs, and folkways, but most importantly, adhered to a code of silence. Through personal recollections, conversations with lifelong friends, and surveys of church and public records, Dr. Corona vividly describes the history of Little Italy's people and professions while detailing the conversations, activities, and events of life in the Italian Colony during the Depression, World War II, and the years immediately following. Others will enjoy the entertaining stories about Lou the Junk Man, Sparky's clubhouse with the secret door, Angel Garcia who smelled the fish at the Westgate Cannery, and the Washington Wharf Rats. As one of the original residents of Little Italy, Dr. Corona leaves a lasting record for future generations about a fascinating neighborhood with a unique history.

Author : Gus Petruzzelli
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781453555576
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memories of Growing Up in Little Italy, Ny written by Gus Petruzzelli and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories of Growing Up in Little Italy, NY This is a memoir of childhood friends growing up together in the 40's and 50's in Little Italy NY. It tells the story of the culture of living in a poor neighborhood with Italian Immigrants. The old neighborhood, as it is still referred to by its past residents, was full of life with Italians that immigrated from different areas of Italy bringing with them all their different foods, cultures, superstitions and most of all their dreams to raise their children to become good, honest and successful American Citizens. Growing up in Little Italy was difficult, yet rewarding. We were considered poor in terms of material wealth, but many of us grew up richer in mind, body and soul. Most of all we had our imaginations to dream up games that gave us something to do all day long. In our own way we were entrepreneurs, as we did anything to make money like selling newspapers, shining shoes, running errands and more. Looking back, the Good Times Were Rolling Along.

Author : Michael DiPilla
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467116734
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Philadelphia's Little Italy and 9th Street Italian Market written by Michael DiPilla and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the first Italian moved to the area near Catherine Street around 1798, it was mostly forest and filed. It was considered Irishtown by the early residents. By 1852, an Italian church had been established for the community, and from the advent of mass migration beginning in 1876 grew Philadelphia's Little Italy. The original neighborhood was bound by the area from Sixth Street to Eleventh Street and Bainbridge to Federal Streets. Many of the early families-Baldi, Pinto, and Fiorella-established businesses in the area that continue today." -- From cover.

Author : Kathy Catrambone
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738551074
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taylor Street written by Kathy Catrambone and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicagos Near West Side was and is the citys most famous Italian enclave, earning it the title of Little Italy. Italian immigrants came to Chicago as early as the 1850s, before the massive waves of immigration from 1874 to 1920. They settled in small pockets throughout the city, but ultimately the heaviest concentration was on or near Taylor Street, the main street of Chicagos Little Italy. At one point a third of all Chicagos Italian immigrants lived in the neighborhood. Some of their descendents remain, and although many have moved to the suburbs, their familial and emotional ties to the neighborhood cannot be broken. Taylor Street: Chicagos Little Italy is a pictorial history from the late 19th century and early 20th century, from when Jane Addams and Mother Cabrini guided the Italians on the road to Americanization, through the areas vibrant decades, and to its sad story of urban renewal in the 1960s and its rebirth 25 years later.

Author : Mariann Gatto
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738571881
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles's Little Italy written by Mariann Gatto and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles's Little Italy presents a history of the city's vibrant Italian enclave during the 100-year period following the arrival of the city's first Italian pioneer in 1827. While Los Angeles possesses the nation's fifth-largest Italian population today, little is known about its Italian history, which has been examined by only a handful of historians over the past 50 years. Much of historic Little Italy has been erased from the map or is masked by subsequent ethnic settlements. However, the community's memory lives on. From pioneer agriculturalists and winemakers to philanthropists and eccentric personalities, Italian Americans left a lasting impression on the city's social, economic, and cultural fabric and contributed to Los Angeles's development as one of the world's greatest metropolises.

Author : Paul Otto
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789204437
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Permeable Borders written by Paul Otto and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the frontier, in all its boundless possibility, was a central organizing metaphor for much of U.S. history, today it is arguably the border that best encapsulates the American experience, as xenophobia, economic inequality, and resurgent nationalism continue to fuel conditions of division and limitation. This boldly interdisciplinary volume explores the ways that historical and contemporary actors in the U.S. have crossed such borders—whether national, cultural, ethnic, racial, or conceptual. Together, these essays suggest new ways to understand borders while encouraging connection and exchange, even as social and political forces continue to try to draw lines around and between people.

Author : Chris Dorer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439652864
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Italy written by Chris Dorer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally called Alta Villa (the “high place”), Little Italy was settled in 1915 by a group of northern Italian immigrants who came to Arkansas looking for an opportunity to achieve the American dream. Though smaller than other Italian colonies in the state, like Tontitown or Lake Village, Little Italy’s centralized location and skilled winemakers created the perfect atmosphere for a Prohibition-era oasis where central Arkansans could purchase clean, safe alcohol at a time when thousands throughout the nation had died because of poisonous, alcoholic brews. Recognizing the value of this operation, regional politicians allowed the residents of Little Italy to continue producing wine and cognac, thus establishing the community as a regional curiosity and a popular weekend travel destination.

Author : Sandhya Shukla
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231557442
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Harlem written by Sandhya Shukla and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Harlem has been the capital of both Black America and a global African diaspora, an early home for Italian and Jewish immigrant communities, an important Puerto Rican neighborhood, and a representative site of gentrification. How do we understand the power of a place with so many claims and identifications? Drawing on fiction, sociology, political speech, autobiography, and performance, Sandhya Shukla develops a living theory of Harlem, in which peoples of different backgrounds collide, interact, and borrow from each other, even while Blackness remains crucial. Cross-Cultural Harlem reveals a dynamic of exchange that provokes a rethinking of spaces such as Black Harlem, El Barrio, and Italian Harlem. Cross-cultural encounters among African Americans, West Indians, Puerto Ricans, Jews, and Italians provide a story of multiplicity that challenges the framework of territorial enclaves. Shukla illuminates the historical processes that have shaped the diversity of Harlem, examining the many dimensions of its Blackness—Southern, African, Caribbean, Puerto Rican, and more—as well as how white ethnicities have been constructed. Considering literary and historical examples such as Langston Hughes’s short story “Spanish Blood,” the career of the Italian American left-wing Harlem congressman Vito Marcantonio, and the autobiography of Puerto Rican–Cuban writer Piri Thomas, Shukla argues that cosmopolitanism and racial belonging need not be seen as contradictory. Cross-Cultural Harlem offers a vision of sustained dialogue to respond to the challenges of urban transformations and to affirm the future of Harlem as actual place and global symbol.

Author : Richard N. Juliani
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271017327
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Little Italy written by Richard N. Juliani and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia's first Italian immigrants arrived in the mid-eighteenth century. Artists and scholars, tradesmen and entrepreneurs, they established a new community--one of the first "Little Italies" in America--that would provide not just a home but a sense of belonging for later arrivals. Richard Juliani tells the story of early Italians in the City of Brotherly Love: why they chose that city, what their lives were like, where they lived, and how they interacted. Examining Italian settlement from pre-Revolutionary times up to the eve of mass migration in the 1870s, he shows how these early pioneers created the basic structure of the community that would continue into the twentieth century. Juliani has devoted thirty years of research--combing through newspapers, public archives, religious records, business documents, and files of private organizations--to recapturing the creation of a community. He describes such factors as regional origins, methods of migration, and population growth; patterns of age, sex, income, and occupation; family structure and living arrangements; and the formation of communal institutions. But more than providing data, Juliani explores the private lives of many individuals in the Italian community--notably business leaders who spearheaded fraternal societies and political clubs--and tells how early immigrants made a significant contribution to the city's life. He also compares the Philadelphia community with other Italian colonies, particularly in New York, and shows how, after years of being looked upon in a favorable light, a more negative view toward Italians began to emerge. The early Philadelphia Italian community has never before been studied despite the existence of a large body of records from this period. Building Little Italy provides a rare opportunity to witness the origins of an ethnic community. By presenting a meticulously detailed profile of the Italian immigrant experience through its early stages of development, it captures a piece of local history that has been too long ignored.