Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Giovanni De Rosalia was a noted Sicilian American playwright in the early period and farce was popular in several Sicilian dominated theatres. In music Sicilian Americans would be linked, to some extent, to jazz. Three of the more popular cities for Sicilian immigrants were New York City (especially Brooklyn), New Orleans and Chicago.
The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City, 1880-1915 (1977), on getting better jobs; Haiier, Hermann W. "Italian in New York" in The multilingual apple: languages in New York City (2011): 119+. Mangano, Antonio. "The associated life of the Italians in New York City." International Migration Review 6.1_suppl (1972 ...
New York City is home to the largest Italian-American population in North America and third largest Italian population outside of Italy, according to the 2000 census. See also Italians in New York City for more info. Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. The Bronx. Arthur Avenue (Little Italy of the Bronx) Belmont; East Bronx; Morris Park; Pelham Bay ...
The piece is now on loan to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation who has placed it in nearby Bowling Green park. Di Modica now lives in New York City; Vincent D'Onofrio, (born Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio June 30, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) actor and producer, best known as Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent ...
carru - marriage of English "car" with Sicilian carru meaning "cart", modern use of existing Sicilian word to suit new environment brucculinu - Sicilianisation of the New York City borough of "Brooklyn"; can also refer to any Sicilian (or Italian) who has made it across the ocean to New York, or any of the other surrounding areas heavily ...
In her latest novel, author Jo Piazza unpacks the fleeting feminist phenomenon that swept through Sicily in the early 20th century after one million men left the island for America.
The substantial population of the New York Italian immigrant community offered plentiful economic opportunities. At the turn of the century, some 500,000 Italians, mainly originating from the impoverished southern regions of Italy, lived in New York City and had to survive in difficult social and economic circumstances.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!