Title Staying Italian : urban change and ethnic life in postwar Toronto and Philadelphia / Jordan Stanger-Ross

Published Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts, photographs Series Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America. Contents Cities apart: Toronto and Philadelphia -- Italian markets: real estate exchange and ethnic community -- Invitations and boundaries: patterns of religious participation -- Courtship, marriage, and the geography of intimacy -- Breaking the mold: work and postwar ethnicity Summary A comparison of the social dynamics prevailing in two distinctive Italian communities, in Philadelphia & Toronto, this text explores why the character of each community has come to be so unlike the other Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Italian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 20th century Italians -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 20th century Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 20th century Ethnicity -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Ethnic neighborhoods -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic neighborhoods Ethnicity Italian Americans -- Ethnic identity Italians -- Ethnic identity Canada Ontario -- Toronto Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia United States Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226770765 0226770761

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