A history explains and covers the italian immigration to america, and explains how italian american history, and culture and traditions helped shape america into what is it today and vice versa what life was like for italians in italy around the time of immigration to the united states and what. Trovare lamerica finding america is a photo book that chronicles the lives of italian immigrants to the u. The united states experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century and from the 1880s to 1920. While it has been success that so many italians came to america for, that same success has seen the dilution of italian culture as the descendents of these immigrants have integrated into society. The majority of italian americans reside mainly in the northeast and in urban industrial midwest metropolitan areas, though smaller communities exist in certain metropolitan areas in other parts of the united states.
But for those who are interested to learn more about the topic in a more thoughtful manner, margaret salazarporzio, a curator of latino history and culture at the smithsonians national museum of american history, has a fascinating list of recommended books for further reading. My heart was full of joy and at the same time sadness reading this book as it made me think about my grandparents and all the italians who came before us to make a better life for the rest of us. Although this book is small in pages 32 it more than makes up for in content. The national italian american foundation is a nonprofit organization which was established to promote the italian culture in the united states. Italian immigrants to the united states from 1890 onward became a part of what is known as new immigration, which is the third and largest wave of immigration from europe and consisted of slavs, jews, and italians. A collection of books focusing on immigration history of calabria and italy, in general.