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Chicago Italians At Work (Images of America)
by Pero, Peter N
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0738561878
- ISBN 13
- 9780738561875
- Seller
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Shell Lake, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Arcadia Publishing. Very Good+. 2009. Paperback. 0738561878 . Images of America; 16 oz.; 127 pages; VG+ PB unread/unmarked spine fade o/w like new. Images of America. For more than a century, Italian immigrants and their descendants contributed their labor and talent to building the city. Chicago Italians at Work focuses on a period from 1890 to 1970 when industry was king in this midwestern metropolis. Generations of Italians found work in companies such as U. S. Steel, Western Electric, Pullman, Crane, McCormick/Harvester, Hart Schaffner and Marx, and other large industrial corporations. Other Italians were self-employed as barbers, shoe workers, tailors, musicians, construction workers, and more. In many of these trades, Italians were predominant. A complex network of family enterprises also operated in the Chicago Italian community. Small shopkeepers generated work in food services and retail employment; some of these ma-and-pa operations grew into large, prosperous enterprises that survive today. Finally, Italians helped develop trade unions, which created long-term economic gains for all ethnic groups in Chicago. This book chronicles the labor and contributions of an urban ethnic community through historic photographs and text. .
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- Bookseller
- Mistymornin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30560
- Title
- Chicago Italians At Work (Images of America)
- Author
- Pero, Peter N
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0738561878
- ISBN 13
- 9780738561875
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- 0738561878
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