Author : Philip A. Bean
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815632382
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (323 download)
Book Synopsis The Urban Colonists by : Philip A. Bean
Download or read book The Urban Colonists written by Philip A. Bean and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1910, nearly half of Italian immigrants in the United States lived in cities and towns with fewer than 100,000 residents. These relatively smaller metropolitan areas encouraged the development of cohesive immigrant communities that are well known in large cities but also allowed greater influence in the political, social, and commercial life of the town. It is in this class of communities, often neglected by scholars whose attention is drawn to the large metropolitan areas, that Bean explores in The Urban Colonists, a richly detailed history of Italian Americans in Utica, New York.