Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II
Solidarity among workers, regardless of national origin, is supposed to shape the struggle of the class-conscious proletariat. Yet Italian-American laborers in the United States retained an Italy-centered culture which prevented them from establishing stable coalitions with other minorities; it also...
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/1798 |
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| author | Stefano Luconi |
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| description | Solidarity among workers, regardless of national origin, is supposed to shape the struggle of the class-conscious proletariat. Yet Italian-American laborers in the United States retained an Italy-centered culture which prevented them from establishing stable coalitions with other minorities; it also helped pro-Fascist sentiments make inroads into their ranks, and contributed to the spreading of anti-Semitism after the passing of Mussolini’s anti-Jewish legislation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f05e7ad809a4dc99ebe616cb7aca5152024-02-13T13:36:05ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire1637-58232431-14722011-12-0119526110.4000/diasporas.1798Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War IIStefano LuconiSolidarity among workers, regardless of national origin, is supposed to shape the struggle of the class-conscious proletariat. Yet Italian-American laborers in the United States retained an Italy-centered culture which prevented them from establishing stable coalitions with other minorities; it also helped pro-Fascist sentiments make inroads into their ranks, and contributed to the spreading of anti-Semitism after the passing of Mussolini’s anti-Jewish legislation.https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/1798 |
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| title | Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II |
| title_full | Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II |
| title_fullStr | Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II |
| title_full_unstemmed | Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II |
| title_short | Italian-American Workers and the Shortcomings of Transculturalism before World War II |
| title_sort | italian american workers and the shortcomings of transculturalism before world war ii |
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