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A new language, a new world, Italian immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945, Nancy C. Carnevale

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A new language, a new world, Italian immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945, Nancy C. Carnevale
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-235) and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A new language, a new world
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Nancy C. Carnevale
Series statement
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
Sub title
Italian immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
Table Of Contents
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
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A New Language, a New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
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