Format:
1 online resource (420 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004284579
Series Statement:
Studies in Global Migration History Ser. v.5
Content:
Memories of Belonging is a three-generation oral-history study of the offspring of southern Italians who migrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1913.
Content:
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.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004284562
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004284562
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1981289
