Italians in Toronto : development of a national identity, 1875-1935 / John E. Zucchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zucchi, John.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; 3.

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Canadians--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Italian Canadians.

Physical Description:

xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Development of a national identity, 1875-1935.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988.

Summary:

Italians began migrating to Toronto in large numbers toward the end of the nineteenth century. Many of these immigrants were peasants who arrived in the new world with only a vague sense of nationality. In Italy, their identity had been primarily connected with the villages that were their homes and only secondarily with regions and country. In Toronto, as in other North American cities, a more emphatic sense of Italian nationalism developed. John Zucchi identifies the distinguishing factors which led to the formation of a strong, nationalistic Italian community in Toronto and to the shift in loyalty from the local level to the national. These two elements of the immigrants' identity are dealt with in each chapter, so that while analysing the internal history of an ethnic group in a Canadian city, Zucchi also details the histories of many Italian village families.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 227-245.

ISBN:

0773506535

OCLC:

23941765