| Description |
xx, 452 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in Italian/American culture |
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SUNY series in Italian/American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-449) and index. |
| Contents |
Life in Italy -- The journey to America: Life on the ships -- A new life in New Haven -- Becoming American citizens -- Going to school -- The Spanish flu epidemic in New Haven -- Justice denied: The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti -- Letters to loved ones -- Fables and proverbs -- Farming life in New Haven -- Working life experiences -- New Haven's garment workers: Life in the sweatshops -- Workers organize: The labor movement in New Haven -- Northerners and southerners -- Going back to Italy -- The depression in New Haven -- Witches, healers, and herbs -- Italian feasts -- Italian societies -- Sports stories -- Artists and singers -- Meat markets, pastry shops, bakeries and pizzerias -- Holiday celebrations -- Vanishing dialects -- Life by the sea -- New Haven's Italian Americans in World War II -- The Franklin Street fire -- Life in the Annex -- Life in the Wooster Square neighborhood -- Life in the hill -- Life in the Forbes Avenue neighborhood -- Life in Fair Haven -- Life in the Legion Avenue neighborhood -- Highways and urban renewal: New Haven forever changed. |
| Subject |
Italian Americans -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- History -- 20th century.
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Immigrants -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- History -- 20th century.
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New Haven (Conn.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Langdon, Philip.
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| ISBN |
0791467732 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780791467732 |
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