Such Hardworking People - Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto Volume 12

Such Hardworking People provides a perceptive description of the working-class experiences of immigrants who came to Toronto from southern Italy between 1946 and 1965. Franca Iacovetta focuses on the relations between newly arrived workers and their families, showing that the Italians who came to Toronto during this period were predominantly young, healthy women and men eager to obtain jobs and prepared to make sacrifices in order to secure a more comfortable life for themselves and their children.

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Franca Iacovetta

Summary

A description of the working-class experiences of immigrants who came to Toronto from southern Italy between 1946 and 1965. This work focuses on the relations between newly arrived workers and their families, and examines the changes they faced in the transition from a rural to an urban society.

Product details

• Authors: Franca Iacovetta
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.1993
• EAN: 9780773511453
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-1145-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History; None; None; McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethn; McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History; McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous