-The Brooklyn bridge was built within 5 years; some people died from the working conditions
-The wealthier people went to parks to enjoy things such as rides
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People in “Little Italy
, and
Italian Harlem: Portrait of a community
-Little Italy in lower Manhattan still exists. Why were they populated by Italians? Because 1.
Was affordable 2. Was populated by other Italians 3. Many who already came were brought/
suggested to live in that area. Basically was simple to populate this area
-How was the community established: settled down according to region and towns
-the life of Italians in Harlem; about 35 blocks and reached a population of around 180,000
people
-community life was in many ways complete; schools, restaurants, church.
-heavy political involvement. Political involvement was very radical, socialists, communists
-by 1890, was mostly occupied by Irish and Germans
-The Grand Gennaro provides several info about the social structure of the communities
-from farming to working in construction. Farmers had to remake themselves to work in
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- Spring '12
- Pascale
- Sociology, Manhattan, Italian people
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