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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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