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    No Such Thing Starting in 1890, Italian immigrants began to travel from their hometowns of Italy to their new world, America. Known as the “New Immigration,” the transition became the third largest immigrating wave from Europe. Records show, that in 1913 that the number of Italians living in America stood at an all-time high. Most of the Italian immigrants coming to the states had stepped onto American soil at Ellis Island in New York City. Four of the Italian immigrants that sailed across the Atlantic

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    Roaldi U.S. History 19 September 2014 Italian Immigration Many Italians made the United States their home, but getting to the Land of the Free was not easy for them. Many things made the Italians move from their country, and many things brought them to the United States. They faced many hardships while in the country. They all managed to find work in different areas, and in different time periods. They also left important legacies. The things that drove Italians out of Italy and to the United States

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    their family-centered culture of celebrating these holidays. Their culture was so influencing that villages for the Italians were actually formed. The Italians celebrated numerous holidays in Italy; most celebrations included their fine foods and wine. Although, after the immigrants arrived in America they no longer observed many of the holidays that they did in Italy. The Italians’ holiday culture helped to make America a more diverse nation. Their family-centered culture and regional affiliations

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    Italian-American culture has been immortalized in movies, literature, and songs. One of the movies that shows the integration of Italians into American culture comes from the 20th century and was well acclaimed for its acting and cinematography. The 1955 film Marty accurately portrays Italian-American lifestyles and stigmas, specifically males, in that time period and demonstrates how the Italian people assimilated into American culture. Getting married was one of the most important things that

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    different, and very much worse reception of Catholic Italian immigrants in the United States when compared to other Catholic European immigrants, was the attitude Italians held in regards to the country they lived in, the United States. Italian immigrants felt alienated in their new country. They believed that conforming to American values too quickly was a direct threat to their own beliefs (Specifically the domus). This was especially true in the Italian Harlem. However, as Orsi states, “the alienation

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    Introduction. The rise and fall of Italian Fascism is important to the history of modern Italy because of its lasting influence. It has shaped and affected many areas of Italian society, such as its economy, politics, and social communication. Negative views toward the government and high levels of unemployment preceding this time led to the rise in right-wing politics and Fascism has made lasting impacts on the right-wing parties still in existence today. This literature review will discuss the

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    story of the Italian-Americans and their attempted preservation of Italian culture in Italian-American communities across America. Speaking from the perspective of an Italian-American who grew up in a heavily Italianized area of South Jersey/Philadelphia, as well as drawing upon readings from class, I will describe my perspective that Italian-Americans’ refusal to Americanize their food as extensively as did other immigrant groups is a reflection of the deep importance of food to the Italian people. I

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    Italian is a Romance Language spoken by over 66,000,000 people worldwide but mainly in Italy. (Britannica) The major romance languages include French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, and Romanian. They are all considered romance languages because they derived from Rome. Italian is the romance language that will be discussed in this paper. The first documentation of the Italian language dates to 960 and was written in vernacular, which was the common language spoken by people in a location. The Italian

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    discussion for this paper will be that of the Italian culture. Who are they really? What types of challenges do they face? Many other topics will be discussed about the Italian society, but first we begin with the basic facts as to who they were. The first few questions that must be answered in order to understand the Italian culture entirely is who they are, where they are located, how they live their everyday lives, and how they are

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    found out that most of my family is Italian. Italy’s flag is really simple it has three stripes and they are green white red. According to encyclopedia Britannica Italy’s population is 59,993,000 as of 2014 and the capital of Italy is Rome. Italy has some interesting customs and traditions also, did you know according to encyclopedia Britannica they eat Sardinian stuffed eggplant? Even though my family is mostly Italian we don’t do nearly as much stuff as some Italian people do! If you think about Italy’s

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