...In Toronto's Little Italy and Italian South Philadelphia, the personal impact of urban economic and institutional structures is reflected in marriage choices. Young people made choices in marriage that allowed Italian South Philadelphia to maintain its ethnic homogeneity and residential stability...

...South Philadelphia and Toronto's Little Italy are two Italian neighborhoods that offer intriguing sites for the consideration of urban community in the United States. At the close of World War II, both neighborhoods had grown out of the migration of millions of Italians to North American industrial...

...The construction industry emerged as the largest and most important labor niche for Italians in Toronto after World War II. As the city rapidly expanded, new buildings were erected, giving rise to demanding and dangerous construction jobs. Italian ethnics dominated jobs in certain construction...

... Colin Italians Portuguese English Russians exploration commerce This book has three aims. The first concerns the role of “Farther Asia” in creating a new trend in western European heroic literature that eventually spanned four hundred years. ¹ By Farther Asia, I mean, roughly, from...