One family, two worlds : an Italian family's correspondence across the Atlantic, 1901-1922 / edited with an introduction by Samuel L. Baily and Franco Ramella ; translated by John Lenaghan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baily, Samuel L.

Ramella, F. (Franco)

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Solá family--Correspondence.

Solá family.

Italians--Argentina--Buenos Aires--Correspondence.

Italians.

Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Biography.

Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Biella (Italy)--Biography.

Biella (Italy).

Immigrants--Argentina--Correspondence.

Immigrants.

Sola family.

Argentina.

Argentina--Buenos Aires.

Italy--Biella.

Local Subjects:

Sola family.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xvi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

1 family, 2 worlds.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, ©1988.

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Contents:

Introduction : the Sola family correspondence : a unique view of the migration process

Seeking wealth and adventure (1901-1903)

Making it in Buenos Aires (1903-1907)

Marriage and family (1908-1910)

Oreste becomes a contractor (1910-1912)

Abele joins his brother (1912-1913)

Impact of economic crisis (1913-1915)

Italy joins the war (1915-1917)

Death of Margherita (1918-1919)

Impossible return (1919-1922).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-32) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0813513316

9780813513317

0813513545

9780813513546

OCLC:

17874463

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