Little Italy in the Great War: Philadelphia's Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front

by Richard N. Juliani

The Great War challenged all who were touched by it. Italian immigrants, torn between their country of origin and country of relocation, confronted political allegiances that forced them to consider the meaning and relevance of Americanization. In his engrossing study, Little Italy in the Great War, Richard Juliani focuses on Philadelphia's Italian community to understand how this vibrant immigrant population reacted to the war as they were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439918783
• ISBN13: 9781439918784
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"