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A new language, a new world : Italian immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carnevale, Nancy C., 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
Series:Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics > United States > History.
Immigrants > United States > Language.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Italian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Italian Americans > Languages.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Italian Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Italian languages in Italy and America
  • Linguistic boundaries in American history
  • "He could not explain things the way I tell it" : the immigrant in translation
  • The world turned upside down in Farfariello's theater of language
  • The identity politics of language : Italian language maintenance in New York City, 1920-40
  • Language, Italian American identity, and the limits of cultural pluralism in the World War II years.