Italian-American Immigrant

Italian American Immigrant

Introduction

Many Italians migrated to United States as early as 1848 . They migrated in small numbers due to revolutionary movement 's failure that occurred in Italy . Most of the Italians migrated to America between 1880 and 1960s . These Italians came from Sicily and Southern Italy . They had very little knowledge in education and were poor . Majority of these immigrants were men . The poor economy that existed in Italy at that time contributed a great deal to the migration of Italians

Italians upon reaching America used to settle in

specific places . One of the regions that were dominated by Italians was nick named `Little Italy . In `Little Italy ' the Italians there had good relations and interactions with each other . They enjoyed cooking their favorite foods that were quite different from what American citizens cooked . Italian 's food was richly spiced compared to that cooked by American Citizens These included spiced sausages and Zeppole . Italian immigrants formed a common culture in `Little Italy

Italian immigrants normally had very little money and very minimal sophistication . Most of the Italian neighborhoods were dominated by slums . The sanitation in the neighborhood was quite poor and un-admirable . Many of them suffered from many ailments due to the poor sanitation and overcrowding . During World War I it was difficult for Italians to migrate to United States

These Italian immigrants faced much discrimination based on their religion . Many of them were lynched . Five point three million Italians had moved to United States by the year 1978 . Some of the Italian immigrants never intended to stay there for a long time . They just wanted to make money and then go back to their mother nation . Research however shows that only one Italian among four would manage to return to the home country

Many of the public schools in United States gave Italian immigrants children a new language to speak . The children found that the patriotic symbols differed from those in their home country . Some of them were even given new names that were Anglicized . This created a very big gap in the culture of Italian children compared to the culture embraced by their parents . With time many labor unions incorporated the Italian immigrants . This gave Italian immigrants a chance to get experience and therefore advanced their carriers . With time Italian -American immigrants started owning businesses . Some of them even became managers in industries and Companies in United States . Some of them like Enrico Caruso became artists

Culture

A close looks at Italian -American Immigrants shows that they still hold onto their culture . This is clearly seen in the food that they eat . They still cook Italian food . Their food is very rich in spices compared to the food that is cooked in United States of America . This includes their Italian drinks which are still by many Italian-American Immigrants

They still hold onto Italian art that is quite beautiful . Italian -American immigrants still hold their feasts that are really rich in their culture

Unlike Americans they...