xx, 452 pages : 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-449) and index

1. Life in Italy -- 2. The journey to America : life on the ships -- 3. A new life in New Haven -- 4. Becoming American citizens -- 5. Going to school -- 6. The Spanish flu epidemic in New Haven -- 7. Justice denied : the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti -- 8. Letters to loved ones -- 9. Fables and proverbs -- 10. Farming life in New Haven -- 11. Working life experiences -- 12. New Haven's garment workers : life in the sweatshops -- 13. Workers organize : the labor movement in New Haven -- 14. Northerners and southerners -- 15. Going back to Italy -- 16. The Depression in New Haven -- 17. Witches, healers and herbs -- 18. Italian feasts -- 19. Italian societies -- 20. Sports stories -- 21. Artists and singers -- 22. Meat markets, pastry shops, bakeries and pizzerias -- 23. Holiday celebrations -- 24. Vanishing dialects -- 25. Life by the sea -- 26. New Haven's Italian Americans in World War II -- 27. The Franklin Street fire -- 28. Life in the Annex -- 29. Life in the Wooster Square neighborhood -- 30. Life in the Hill -- 31. Life in the Forbes Avenue neighborhood -- 32. Life in Fair Haven -- 33. Life in the Legion Avenue neighborhood -- 34. Highways and urban renewal : New Haven forever changed

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