Little Italy in the great war : Philadelphia's Italians on the battlefield and home front / Richard N. Juliani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juliani, Richard N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Little Italy (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History--20th century.

Little Italy (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Italian Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Italian Americans.

World War, 1914-1918--Italian Americans.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadephia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The Great War challenged all who were touched by it. Italian immigrants, torn between their country of origin and country of relocation, confronted political allegiances that forced them to consider the meaning and relevance of Americanization. In his engrossing study, Little Italy in the Great War, Richard Juliani focuses on Philadelphia's Italian community to understand how this vibrant immigrant population reacted to the war as they were adjusting to life in an American city that was ambivalent toward them.  Juliani explores the impact of the Great War on many immigrant soldiers who were called to duty as reservists and returned to Italy, while other draftees served in the U.S. Army on the Western Front. He also studies the impact of journalists and newspapers reporting the war in English and Italian, and reactions from civilians who defended the nation in industrial and civic roles on the home front.  Within the broader context of the American experience, Little Italy in the Great War examines how the war affected the identity and cohesion of Italians as a population still passing through the assimilation process.

Contents:

Philadelphia's Italians: from earliest arrivals to the Great War

From Sarajevo to Little Italy

Little Italy goes to war

Little Italy as a home front: winning hearts and minds

News from the Italian front

The Italian War Commission: seeking American aid

Recruiting immigrants and other Americans

Training the Italian American soldier: from Camp Meade to France

Turning aliens into citizens

Italy : the forgotten ally

They who served

Waging war on the home front: women, children and others

Making it through - and coming home

Celebrating the Italian victory

- fuori Italia

Epilogue: Being Italian; becoming American.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439918791

1439918791