Little Italy in the Great War : Philadelphia's Italians on the battlefield and home front /

Little Italy in the Great War : Philadelphia's Italians on the battlefield and home front /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Juliani, Richard N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Italian Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Italian Americans.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadephia.
Little Italy (Philadelphia, Pa.) > History > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Philadelphia's Italians: from earliest arrivals to the Great War
  • From Sarajevo to Little Italy
  • Little Italy goes to war
  • Little Italy as a home front: winning hearts and minds
  • News from the Italian front
  • The Italian War Commission: seeking American aid
  • Recruiting immigrants and other Americans
  • Training the Italian American soldier: from Camp Meade to France
  • Turning aliens into citizens
  • Italy : the forgotten ally
  • They who served
  • Waging war on the home front: women, children and others
  • Making it through
  • and coming home
  • Celebrating the Italian victory
  • fuori Italia
  • Epilogue: Being Italian; becoming American.