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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Italians of Philadelphia

Italians of Philadelphia

Di Giacomo, Donna J.

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 153163124X
ISBN13: 9781531631246
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Oct 24 2007
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Philadelphia was second only to New York City in the number of Italian immigrants who settled in the city. Italians from the north have been in Philadelphia since Colonial times, but it was not until mass immigration from the south during the 1870s and 1880s that Italians began to make their mark on the city. Immigrating from small towns in the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, and Sicily, they faced discrimination, language barriers, the separation of family by thousands of miles, and work in unfamiliar trades. Facing such drastic changes in their lives head on, they persevered, establishing Italian neighborhoods and churches while weaving their customs into their new American lifestyles. Through the use of historic photographs, Italians of Philadelphia conveys the influence Italian immigrants had on the development of Philadelphia and how that spirit remains in the city today.

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