1. The Italian Immigration Experience
The fact that Italy was unified promoted emigration of the Italians into America as a means of easing economic pressures that Italy was experiencing. ... As previously connoted herein, a significant proportion of close to 80% of Italian Immigrants emanated from Southern Italy. ... As such, most of the Italians did not view themselves as Italians. ... The settlement patterns adopted by the Italian immigrants were family-centred whereby Italians from with kinship ties and from the same areas in Italy resided in a given area. This led to the emergence of small Italies. ...
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