Italian immigration
Transatlantic southern Europeans
Italian immigration refers to the movement of people from Italy to other countries, particularly the massive wave to the United States between 1880 and 1920.
This migration shaped American cities, cuisine, and culture.
The term appears in historical and demographic contexts: Italian immigration transformed neighborhoods in New York and Boston.
It may also describe contemporary movement of Italians abroad.
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- passenger manifestRecord of travelers aboard
- povertySevere lack of resources
- ArgentinaSouthern cone republic
- BrazilLargest South American nation
Industrial Revolution · dock · old country · rural exodus · new world · tenement · steamship · nativism · suitcase · discrimination · World War I · remittances · Catholicism · Great Depression · family traditions · Sunday gravy · post-war reconstruction · market
Italian immigrationEnglish colonization
Britain settling foreign territories
British colonization · indigenous population · German immigration · Irish immigration · Jewish immigration
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