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.

Author/creator	Carnevale, Nancy C., 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2009.
Description	x, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	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. United States--Ethnic relations --History --19th century. United States--Ethnic relations --History --20th century.

Series	Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series. ^A243022
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-235) and index.
LCCN	2008037213
ISBN	9780252034039 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0252034031 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E184.I8 C29 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold