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1 Otherness and the Italian immigrant experience
Dr. Jessica Greenfield

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3 Italian immigration to america
Old vs New immigration– 3rd largest wave of european immigration to america (germans, british, irish vs slavs, jews, italians) > Poverty, overpopulation, natural disaster South america, australia, united states Turn of the century – nearly 2 million immigrants coming through ellis island (compared to 300,000 – 600,000 in the previous decades) > 1913 record high By 1920, more than 4 million italians create about 10% of foreign population in america, the largest subset Repatriation rate ~50% (up to 73%!!) > padroni (no farming, city work)

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5 1860s – Italian unification movement (Risorgimento)

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7 resources Internet sites books
lassweb/politics/Italianhistory.html PBS: The Italian Americans documentary: americans/home/ alian_immigration.cfm Mario Puzo: the fortuante pilgrim Pietro di Donato: christ in concrete Meliania Mazzucco: vita

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