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Monthly Archives: April 2018

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PRIMO Magazine Interview for Birds of Passage, an Italian Immigrant Coming of Age Story

Q: Birds of Passage has as its setting both New York and the area around Naples, specifically a small village Capodimonte. We know New York is close to your heart, but why Capodimonte? What made you choose this village as the Italian setting? What can you tell us about Capodimonte? A: My father came from…

April 21, 2018Book ReviewsBy Joe Giordano

Italian Immigration at the Turn of the Twentieth-Century

After Italy’s 1870 consolidation, il Risorgimento, the great wave of Italian immigration began. Italy had formed a common government, but not a nation. As one statesman put it, “Italy has been made. Now we must make Italians.” The south of Italy, the Mezzogiorno, spoke different languages, had been dominated for centuries by foreign powers, and…

April 20, 2018Italian HistoryBy Joe Giordano
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