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Immigration to the United States
Immigrants
Michael Burgan
Robert Asher, Ph.D., General Editor
Italian
Immigration to the United States: Italian Immigrants
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Burgan, Michael.
Italian immigrants / Michael Burgan.
p. cm. — (Immigration to the United States)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8160-5681-1
1. Italian Americans—History—Juvenile literature. 2. Immigrants—United States—
History—Juvenile literature. 3. Italian Americans—Juvenile literature.
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Italian-American girls carry a shrine to Saint Rocco in
an Italian parade during a festival in New York City in 1933.
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Preface to the Series
A Nation of Immigrants
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4
Introduction
Italian Immigration:
Coming to America
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11
Chapter One
Explorers and Early Immigrants:
Italians in the New World
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13
Chapter Two
The First Great Wave:
1880–1900
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27
Chapter Three
The Peak Years:
1900–1920
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Chapter Four
Becoming American:
Assimilation and Prejudice
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Chapter Five
Smaller Numbers, Larger Influence:
Italian Americans after World War II
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Chapter Six
Italian Americans Today:
Ethnic Pride
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Time Line of
Italian Immigration
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Glossary
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Further Reading
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Index
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Preface to the Series
A Nation
of Immigrants
Robert Asher,
Ph.D.
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