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Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930
Book by Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia
288 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1977
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January 23, 2023
A very though examination of the Italian American community in Buffalo. The research was exhaustive and the analysis brilliant.
August 16, 2014
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930 (1977)
1. How Italian immigrant families retained and modified their traditional culture during the process of adjustment to urban America
2. The family was the major control factor that kept the church, government and economic systems outside the family
3. Ex. men preferred outside construction jobs as opposed to higher paying industrial jobs
1. How Italian immigrant families retained and modified their traditional culture during the process of adjustment to urban America
2. The family was the major control factor that kept the church, government and economic systems outside the family
3. Ex. men preferred outside construction jobs as opposed to higher paying industrial jobs
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews