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

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

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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:	1800-1999 Italian Americans > Social conditions > 19th century. Italian Americans > Social conditions > 20th century. Italian Americans > Languages. Italian Americans > Ethnic identity. Immigrants > United States > Social conditions > 19th century. Immigrants > United States > Social conditions > 20th century. Immigrants > United States > Language. Sociolinguistics > United States > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration. Ethnic relations Immigrants > Language Immigrants > Social conditions Italian Americans > Ethnic identity Italian Americans > Languages Italian Americans > Social conditions Sociolinguistics United States > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century. United States > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century. United States History
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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.