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The Boston Italians, a story of pride, perseverance, and paesani, from the years of the great immigration to the present day, Stephen Puleo

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The Boston Italians, a story of pride, perseverance, and paesani, from the years of the great immigration to the present day, Stephen Puleo
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309) and index
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contains biographical information
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Boston Italians
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bibliography
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Stephen Puleo
Review
"Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land re-created the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters of the North End: Sicilians lived next to Sicilians, Avellinesi among Avellinesi, and so on." "Focusing on this first and crucial Italian enclave in Boston, Puleo describes the experience of Boston's Italian immigrants as they battled poverty, illiteracy, and prejudice (Italians were lynched more often than members of any other ethnic group except African Americans); explains their transformation into Italian Americans during the Depression and World War II; and chronicles their rich history in Boston up to the present day."--BOOK JACKET
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a story of pride, perseverance, and paesani, from the years of the great immigration to the present day
Table Of Contents
Pt. 1. George Scigliano, James Donnaruma, and the battle for North Square -- Pt. 2. Why they came -- Pt. 3. Arrival, settlement, discrimination -- Pt. 4. War, anarchists, assimilation -- Pt. 5. Becoming Americans : the Great Depression and World War II -- Pt. 6. The greater Boston Italians -- Pt. 7. Boston Italians as leaders : emergence and accomplishment -- Epilogue : today
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