From Sicily to Elizabeth Street: Housing and Social Change Among Italian Immigrants, 1880-1930 (Suny Series in American Social History) [Hardcover]

Donna R. Gabaccia (Author)

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• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr (March 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873957687
• ISBN-13: 978-0873957687
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,068,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected, but good nonetheless, July 31, 2001

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This review is from: From Sicily to Elizabeth Street: Housing and Social Change Among Italian Immigrants, 1880-1930 (Suny Series in American Social History) (Suny Series, American Social History) (Paperback)

I bought this book because my Sicilian immigrant ancestors were living on Elizabeth Street in New Jersey.

This book, of course, is not about them specifically, nor their location; it refers to the tenement housing in New York which had a very high percentage (if not exclusive) of Sicilian residents.

It tells their story; the story of their housing, their hardships, and why they left Sicily to start with.

This book is short, but it is also mostly a social dissertation. Not casual reading. :)

It also has some utterly fascinating pictures and diagrams, both on this side of the 'pond' and natively.