Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction: The ȜOral History Method ȝ: Advantages and Disadvantages 3
7. A Unique Italian Canadian Community 17
8. Clandestine Emigration and the South 37
9. The Second Expedition: The Ordeal of the First Molisani 65
10. 1925–1945: The Slow Growth of Solid Roots 86
11. 1925–1945: L’unione fa la forza (Strength in Unity) 106
12. The War Years: “Good Canadians” and “Bad Italians” or Vice Versa? 131
13. Postwar Growth 159
14. The Settlement Pattern 191
15. Employment 214
16. Marriage and the Family 269
17. Social Life: Homemade Fun,Food, and Festivals – the Family, the Roma Club, and the Church 302
18. Ethnic Identity: Italian Canadians or Canadianized Italians? 341
19. Ethnic Identity and the Community: Individualism and Solidarity, Parochialism and Interaction 383
20. Community Self-Identity: What Is an Italian Canadian? 409
21. The Universal Values of Ethnicity: Nino Ricci’s Lives of the Saints and the Leamington Italian Community 428
22. Appendix
23. Leamington Italians 1920s–1980, and Date of Entry in Canada 521
24. Italians in the Leamington Area, (Southeast Essex County): 1920s–1945 530
25. Reproductions of Passports/Military Discharge Papers 535
26. Farm Purchases by Leamington Italian Immigrants 1920s–1960s 549
27. Notes 555
28. Bibliography 659
29. Index 699