Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward

by Michael Immerso

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Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in the 1870s until 1953 when the district was uprooted to make way for urban renewal. Richly illustrated with photographs culled from the albums and shoeboxes in the private collections of hundreds of former First Ward families from all across the United States, the book documents the evolution of the district from a small immigrant quarter into a complex Italian-American...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813527570

ISBN13:9780813527574

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Education & Reference Europe History Italy Minority Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local

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