Boston Italians A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day

Name: Boston Italians A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day
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ISBN: 9780807050378

ISBN-10: 0807050377

ISBN-13: 9780807050378

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Puleo

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The first history of the Boston Italians and how they transformed themselves and their city A Boston Globe Bestseller In this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land recreated the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters of the North End. Focusing on this first and crucial Italian enclave in Boston, Puleo describes the experience of Italian immigrants as they battled poverty, illiteracy, and prejudice; explains their transformation into Italian Americans during the Depression and World War II; and chronicles their rich history in Boston up to…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Stephen Puleo is a former award-winning journalist, with a master’s degree in history. He is a frequent contributor to American History magazine. His critically acclaimed first book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, is a Boston-area best-seller. He lives outside of Boston.



Introduction



George Scigliano, James Donnaruma, and the Battle for North Square



Why They Came



Arrival, Settlement, Discrimination



War, Anarchists, Assimilation



Becoming Americans: The Great Depression and World War II



The Greater Boston Italians



Boston Italians as Leaders: Emergence and Accomplishment


Epilogue: Today


Acknowledgments


Bibliographic Essay


Index