1870--1927 THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI James P. Smith StahlePatrizia FamaIn the late 1800s, the United States was the great destination of Italian emigrants. In North America, employers considered Italians industrious individuals, but held them in low esteem. Italian immigrants were seen...
Italian immigrants flocked into the Port of Baltimore in the late 1800s and early 1900s in what was, at the time, the second biggest port of entry for immigrants from Europe, which created generations of contributions for Italian Americans in Maryland. "Whether it be the stone workers or...
1.(Sociology)the Mafiaan international secret organization founded in Sicily, probably in opposition to tyranny. It developed into a criminal organization and in the late 19th century was carried to the US by Italian immigrants 2.(Sociology) any group considered to resemble the Mafia. See alsoBla...
Klein HS (1983) The integration of Italian immigrants into the United States and Argentina: a comparative analysis. Am Hist Rev 88(2):306. https://doi.org/10.2307/1865404 Article Google Scholar Lahtinen P, Leino-Kilpi H, Salminen L (2014) Nursing education in the European higher education...
World War I proved an ambiguous interlude for Italian immigrants. Italy's alliance with the United States and the service of many immigrants in the U.S. military precipitated some level of American acceptance. The war also produced, however, countervailing pressures that generated more intense natio...
One of the largest lynchings in U.S. history happened in 1890 when 11 immigrants were killed due to their alleged role in the murder of David Hennessy. The movies and mainstream media portrayed Italian Americans as violent criminals. Movies like “The Godfather” and T.V. shows such as “...
enabled the crossover between the music of the old world and the new syncopated idioms, rhythms born and developed in the melting-pot of American society, where music put the less well-off classes of white immigrants and the newly freed blacks on an equal footing, even if this was on the...
The origin of this dish’s name is the subject of some debate. The most likely answer is that it comes from the wordciuppin, which means “chopped” in the Ligurian dialect spoken in Genoa, Italy’s largest seaport, from where many immigrants in the San Francisco area originated. The id...
Thisbeetvarietal was probably brought to the US in the 1800s by Italian immigrants.Chioggiais a coastal town, which doesn’t quite strike me as the place wherebeetswould come from. It ends up that all beets – and this includes members of thebeetfamily grown for their leaves, such assw...
Immigrants on the harbour in Genova dressed in a modern version of the original blue jeans fabrics. 4.The Origin of Blue Jeans The origin of blue jeans takes us to the regional capital of Liguria, where shipbuilders and merchants 500 years ago used a particular cheap, coarse and strong type...