Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians Before Mass Migration

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Penn State Press, Nov 1, 2010 - Social Science
 

Contents

First Arrivals
xxiii
The Seeding of Community
48
The City as Incubator
98
Shaping a New Life Census Parish and Courtroom
138
Family Faith and Fraternity
182
The 1870 Census A Community Portrait
226
Prosperity and Leadership I Primi Prominenti
252
From Cultural Ideal to Social Reality
294
Authenticating an Early Presence
321
Notes
329
A Bibliographic Essay
367
Index
383
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Page xii - There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends, as they themselves know better than anyone.

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