Little Italy in the Great War
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Little Italy in the Great War

Philadelphia's Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front

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eBook - PDF

Little Italy in the Great War

Philadelphia's Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front

About this book

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 adjusting to life in an American city that was ambivalent toward them. 

Juliani explores the impact of the Great War on many immigrant soldiers who were called to duty as reservists and returned to Italy, while other draftees served in the U.S. Army on the Western Front. He also studies the impact of journalists and newspapers reporting the war in English and Italian, and reactions from civilians who defended the nation in industrial and civic roles on the home front. 

Within the broader context of the American experience, Little Italy in the Great War examines how the war affected the identity and cohesion of Italians as a population still passing through the assimilation process.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Philadelphia’s Italians: From Earliest Arrivals to the Great War
  5. 2. From Sarajevo to Little Italy
  6. 3. Little Italy Goes to War
  7. 4. Little Italy as a Home Front: Winning Hearts and Minds
  8. 5. News from the Italian Front
  9. 6. The Italian War Commission: Seeking American Aid
  10. 7. Recruiting Immigrants and Other Americans
  11. 8. Training the Italian American Soldier: From Camp Meade to France
  12. 9. Turning Aliens into Citizens
  13. 10. Italy—The Forgotten Ally
  14. 11. They Who Served
  15. 12. Waging War on the Home Front: Women, Children, and Others
  16. 13. Making It Through—and Coming Home
  17. 14. Celebrating the Italian Victory—Fuori Italia
  18. Epilogue: Being Italian; Becoming American
  19. Notes
  20. Index