Italy's Many Diasporas - Elites, Exiles and Workers of the World

Zusatztext 'One of the most perceptive critical syntheses in recent English-language historiography ... a fascinating reading for specialists and laypersons alike.' - International Review of Social History Informationen zum Autor Donna R. Gabaccia is Charles H. Stone Professor of American History at The University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Klappentext Italy's residents are a migratory people. Since 1800 well over 27 million left home, but over half also returned home again. As cosmopolitans, exiles, and 'workers of the world' they transformed their homeland and many of the countries where they worked or settled abroad. But did they form a diaspora? Migrants maintained firm ties to native villages, cities and families. Few felt much loyalty to a larger nation of Italians. Rather than form a 'nation unbound,' the transnational lives of Italy's migrants kept alive international regional cultures that challenged the hegemony of national states around the world.This ambitious and theoretically innovative overview examines the social, cultural and economic integration of Italian migrants. It explores their complex yet distinctive identity and their relationship with their homeland taking a comprehensive approach. Zusammenfassung This ambitious and theoretically innovative overview examines the social, cultural and economic integration of Italian migrants. It explores their complex identity and their relationship with their homeland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Before Italians: Making Italian culture at home and abroad 2. Making Italians at home and abroad, 1790-1893 3. Workers of the World, 1870-1914 4. Transnationalism as a way of working-class life 5. Nationalism and internationalism in Italy's proletarian diasporas, 1870 - 1914 6. Nation, empire and diaspora: Fascism and its opponents 7. Postwar Italy: from sending to receiving Nation 8. Civilta italiana and the making of multi-ethnic nations...

Product details

• Authors: Donna R Gabaccia, Donna R. Gabaccia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2000
• EAN: 9781857285833
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-583-3
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Global Diasporas; Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Labour / income economics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Labour Economics, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples