Hopelessly Alien: The Italian Immigration Experience in Chicago Heights

by Louis Corsino

Book Overview

Hopelessly Alien is an in-depth study of Italian immigration to Chicago Heights, Illinois, between 1910 and 1950. Drawing upon oral histories, interviews, historical documents, and census materials, Louis Corsino examines the critical concept of hope, which most immigration studies have cast in privatized, psychological terms as the motivation to emigrate in search of a better life. This investigation offers a more contentious, sociological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143849761X
• ISBN13: 9781438497617
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"