Description: Italian Louisiana, Louisiana, American Heritage, Paperback At the close of the nineteenth century, Louisiana's ports hosted an influx of Italian immigrants. Like so many immigrant communities before, acclimating to their new home was not easy.Though the Italian contribution to Louisiana's culture is palpable and celebrated, at one time ethnic Italians were constantly embroiled in scandal, sometimes deserved and sometimes as scapegoats. The new immigrants hoped that they would be welcomed and see for themselves the "streets paved with gold." Their new lives, however, were difficult. Italians in Louisiana faced prejudice, violence and political exile for their refusal to accept the southern racial mores. Author and historian Alan Gauthreaux" "documents the experience of those Italians who arrived in Louisiana over one hundred years ago..
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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MPN: 9781626193857
Book Title: Italian Louisiana : History, Heritage and Tradition
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Alan G. Gauthreaux
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / General, Cultural Heritage, Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
