Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories
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Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories

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Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories

About this book

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, is most often associated with a version of Scottish culture that has evolved in its own unique ways. Though worthy of celebration, that perception tends to overwhelm the realities of everyday life experiences by people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. A strong and vibrant Italian presence on the island, for instance, dates back more than 150 years. Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories conveys the rich and varied experiences of Italians living in Cape Breton in their own words—the immigration experience; work experience in the home, the steel plant and the coal mines, and life in business, politics and other areas of endeavour. As ethnographers, editors and analysts, Sam Migliore and Evo Dipierro help illuminate a variety of other important and sensitive subjects: the treatment of Italians during the Second World War; the maintenance of a sense of cultural identity and traditions; and the sorrow of watching family and friends leave the island for employment elsewhere.First published in 1999, and long since out of print, Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories is now re-released for a new generation.

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Publisher
Cape Breton University Press
Year
2017
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781772060720
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Epigraph
  5. Preface
  6. Table Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. All Our Fathers: The North Italian Colony in Industrial Cape Breton
  10. Angela Giacomantonio: Memories of Whitney Pier
  11. Section I
  12. Early Settlement: The Giovannetti Family in Port Morien
  13. Guglielmo Marconi and His Cape Breton Wireless Telegraphy (Radio) Station (1901-1904)
  14. Thomas Cozzolino: An Introduction
  15. Memoirs of Thomas Cozzolino1
  16. The Early Years: A Talk with Tony Bruno (1902-1979)1
  17. Learning “English” at Barachois Mountain: A Talk with Romeo Sylvester
  18. Dominic and James Nemis of New Waterford
  19. Three Men of Dominion
  20. In Others’ Eyes: Pit Talk about Italians
  21. Giacomo Tubetti: His Life and Times
  22. A Brief Note on Rum-Running
  23. Bootlegging in the Past: An Anonymous Note
  24. Section II
  25. Almonds and War1
  26. Notes from the Internment Camp
  27. All They Ever Wanted Was a New Life and an Apology: One Italian Family’s Experience
  28. My Friends, The Italians of Dominion
  29. Remembering the Pain of 1940
  30. Three Women from Dominion
  31. From Internment to Military Service: An Historical Paradox
  32. Family Disruption, Hard Work, and Success: A Talk with Frank and Marty Martinello
  33. Section III
  34. Secondina DiPersio: A Son’s Tribute to His Mother
  35. Florindo Byron1
  36. Angelo Cechetto (1909-1999): A Master Shoe Repairer from Dominion
  37. Bill Gentile: Living Under Moxham Castle
  38. The Rossetti Legacy: A Talk with Dolores (Rossetti) Moore
  39. Father Joseph Emilio Marinelli
  40. Benny DeLorenzo: Work in the Steel Plant
  41. Country Living: DiVito and Marinelli Family Memories1
  42. La Mamma: Italian Canadian Mothers of Cape Breton
  43. The Call of the Sea: Italian Women in the Fisheries
  44. The Mancini Family of St. Peter’s
  45. Memories of Papa Jimmy: The Tubetti Family of Inverness
  46. “Grandpa Cozzolino”
  47. Spiritual and Physical Healing: A Family History in Medicine
  48. Bruno Marcocchio: Family, Environmental Activism, and the Cape Breton Experience
  49. What Is It Like To Marry Into An Italian Family?
  50. Section IV
  51. Growing Tomatoes from Seed: A Family Tradition
  52. One’s Weed, Another’s Salad: The Cultural Perils of Dandelions
  53. Memories of Mushroom Picking
  54. Memories of an Annual Ritual in Dominion
  55. “Nella Cucina” Some of the Best of Italian Cooking
  56. A Rich and Varied Tradition
  57. Winemaking as a Source of Well-Being1
  58. Section V
  59. A House Full of Memories: Art as Legacy
  60. A Funny Side of the Immigration Experience
  61. Alvise Casagrande: A “Scoop” for the Cape Breton Post
  62. Expressions of Thought and Sentiment: The Poetry of Roy Plichie
  63. “The Best I Got” The Story of Emilio Pace
  64. Mario Pino (1919-1997): A Life in Music
  65. “Magnolias and Other Sweet Things” The Story of Angelo Spinazzola
  66. Sports Memories from Dominion
  67. Halls of Fun and Fame: The Amadios of Cape Breton
  68. A Split Decision: Italian Boxers of Cape Breton
  69. E. M. “Marty” Martinello: A Career in the CFL1
  70. Section VI
  71. La Sala Italiana in Dominion
  72. The Cape Breton Italian Cultural Association
  73. Porchetta and the Italian Tradition
  74. The Voice of Music
  75. When a Princess Comes to Dinner: Anna DiMichele Recalls the 1995 Marconi Celebrations
  76. The Italian Government Connection
  77. Leandro D’Addario: Italian Consular Agent for Cape Breton
  78. A New Life in Canada
  79. Section VII
  80. Arrival in Canada: An Indirect Route
  81. To Australia, Colombia and Cape Breton: Biagi Family Migrations
  82. A Trip to Relatives in Italy
  83. Funny Who You Might Meet in Italy
  84. A Search for One’s Roots: An Interview with John Giovannetti and Lynn Billard
  85. This Christmas’s Gift to Everyone is the Joy of Having Lived to 1001
  86. Memories of Yesterday and Today: A Talk with Theresa Della Vella and Nunzi Martinello
  87. A Town in the Life of Maria Razzolini
  88. How I got to Arizona from Sydney, Nova Scotia
  89. A Second Generation Italian American of Cape Breton
  90. Italian Voyages
  91. Life Thoughts
  92. In Memoriam: Lino Polegato (1936-1993)
  93. Notes

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