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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788727703321

Autore

Carnevale Nancy C. <1962->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009

ISBN

1-283-04397-1

9786613043979

0-252-09077-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series

Disciplina

305.89451/073

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.