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9781589800236

Bread and Respect : The Italians of Louisiana

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  • ISBN13:

    9781589800236

  • ISBN10:

    1589800230

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-10-01
  • Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc
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Summary

Using vignettes, family histories, and census as well as other historical records, this book examines how Italian culture shaped the lives of the immigrants to Louisiana and, in turn, how experiences in Louisiana modified the Old World values and culture the Italians brought with them.

Author Biography

A. V. Margavio is a professor of sociology at the University of New Orleans Jerome J. Salomone is a professor of sociology and scholar in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(4)
Yearnings
13(8)
Bread
21(26)
Respect (Rispetto)
47(42)
Fortune (Fortuna)
89(28)
The Family (la Famiglia) and Security
117(40)
Drama, Art, and Spectacle
157(30)
Hunger for Justice
187(34)
Religion: The Quest for Beauty
221(38)
Becoming American and the Hunger of Memory
259(26)
Notes 285(20)
Bibliography 305(10)
Index 315

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