Houses with Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Ill

by Adria Bernardi

Book Overview

Combining her other research with interviews of nearly fifty Italian immigrants of her grandparents' generation, Adria Bernardi has crafted a memorable oral history of a community of working-class immigrants. Bernardi tells their story clearly and with care, interspersing transcriptions and translations with her own recollections and interpretations of life among the Italian immigrants of Highwood.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252015819
• ISBN13: 9780252015816
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"