Italians in Toronto
Development of a National Identity, 1875-1935
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 1988
- Category
- General, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773507821
- Publish Date
- Feb 1990
- List Price
- $37.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773561687
- Publish Date
- Nov 1988
- List Price
- $37.95
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Description
Italians began migrating to Toronto in large numbers toward the end of the nineteenth century. Many of these immigrants were peasants who arrived in the new world with only a vague sense of nationality. In Italy, their identity had been primarily connected with the villages that were their homes and only secondarily with regions and country. In Toronto, as in other North American cities, a more emphatic sense of Italian nationalism developed. John Zucchi identifies the distinguishing factors which led to the formation of a strong, nationalistic Italian community in Toronto and to the shift in loyalty from the local level to the national. These two elements of the immigrants' identity are dealt with in each chapter, so that while analysing the internal history of an ethnic group in a Canadian city, Zucchi also details the histories of many Italian village families.
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"A very important and original contribution to the field of immigration history in Canada." Bruno Ramirez, Department of History, University of Montreal
"a very important and original contribution to the field of immigration history in Canada." Bruno Ramirez, Department of History, University of Montreal
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Italians in Toronto
Development of a National Identity, 1875-1935