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A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
Nancy C. Carnevale
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Description for A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
Hardback. An insightful history of Italian immigrants' personal experience of language in America Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; GTB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
An examination of Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one immigrant group's experience with language in America. Incorporating the interdisciplinary literature on language within a historical framework, Nancy C. Carnevale illustrates the complexity of the topic of language in American immigrant life. By looking at language from the perspectives of both immigrants and the dominant culture as well as their interaction, this book reveals the role of language in the formation of ethnic identity and the often coercive context within which immigrants must negotiate this process.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252034039
SKU
V9780252034039
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About Nancy C. Carnevale
Nancy C. Carnevale is an associate professor of history at Montclair State University.
Reviews for A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
Winner of a 2010 American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation. "Outstanding from start to finish. . . . The author displays exceptional range and depth in exploring not only the interior world of Italian American life, but also the intersections of this group's story with that of other immigrant communities and with society as a whole. . . . Highly recommended."
Choice "A must for Italian American scholars."
Altreitalie "Carnevale takes a fresh and intriguing approach by focusing on an issue to which historians have devoted surprisingly little attention."
Journal of American Ethnic History "By focusing on the everyday linguistic practices of ordinary immigrants, Carnevale's study is truly path-breaking, opening new ground in the study of immigrant language usage. Refreshingly original and enormously stimulating."
Donna Gabaccia, coeditor of American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking U.S. Immigration History "In A New Language, A New World, Nancy C. Carnevale does something that historians have long claimed that they would do, but in fact never did: she takes language seriously. Carnevale focuses on the language world of Italian immigrants in the United States and examines in intricate and intimate detail how language shaped them and structured their encounter with America."
Hasia R. Diner, author of Hungering for America: Italian, Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration
Choice "A must for Italian American scholars."
Altreitalie "Carnevale takes a fresh and intriguing approach by focusing on an issue to which historians have devoted surprisingly little attention."
Journal of American Ethnic History "By focusing on the everyday linguistic practices of ordinary immigrants, Carnevale's study is truly path-breaking, opening new ground in the study of immigrant language usage. Refreshingly original and enormously stimulating."
Donna Gabaccia, coeditor of American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking U.S. Immigration History "In A New Language, A New World, Nancy C. Carnevale does something that historians have long claimed that they would do, but in fact never did: she takes language seriously. Carnevale focuses on the language world of Italian immigrants in the United States and examines in intricate and intimate detail how language shaped them and structured their encounter with America."
Hasia R. Diner, author of Hungering for America: Italian, Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration