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A time capsule of a classic Italian American neighborhood, told in the voices of its inhabitants.
Stories, Streets, and Saints documents the history of an important Italian American neighborhood, Boston's North End, from the age of immigration at the turn of the twentieth century to the era of neighborhood upheaval in the "New Boston" of the 1980s. Drawing on years of fieldwork, on-site photography, and scholarly research, Anthony V. Riccio records, translates, and transcribes compelling oral histories of elderly Italian American storytellers who weave social history in their unique village idiom, providing an intimate look at daily life in an Italian American neighborhood. Testimonies of post-Unification southern Italy reconstruct the dire social and economic conditions that caused millions to pursue the promise of America. Rare firsthand stories of the Spanish Flu offer timely narratives in the wake of COVID-19, and eyewitness descriptions reconstruct the horrific Molasses Explosion of 1919. Riccio's own photographs from 1979 to 1983, along with images from old family albums, illustrate these oral histories, creating a lasting record of the experiences of Italian Americans, who, like many other ethnic groups, contributed mightily to the building of America.
Contents
Acknowledgments
In Memory of My Friend, Anthony Riccio: 1952-2022
Tommy Damigella
Foreword
Nicholas Dello Russo
1. Life in Southern Italy at the Turn of the Century
2. Leaving Italy for the Promise of America
3. The Journey to Boston
4. A New Life in the North End
5. Becoming an American Citizen
6. The Italian Mother
7. The Italian Father
8. The Oral Tradition: Family Stories, Dialects, Folktales, and Prayers
9. Italy and the North End in World War I
10. Garlic Necklaces, Camphor Bags, and Shots of Anisette: The Spanish Flu Pandemic in the North End
11. The Molasses Explosion
12. Italian American Street Life
13. Going to School
14. Justice Denied: Sacco and Vanzetti
15. The Depression in the North End
16. Seamstresses and Factory Workers: Italian American Women at Work
17. Making It in the North End: Italian American Men at Work
18. Making Wine, Drinking Wine
19. Life in the Tenements
20. Sicilian Fishermen in the North End
21. Miracles, Societies, and Processions
22. Christmas in the North End
23. Irish and Italians
24. Refugees in the North End: West Enders Tell Their Stories
25. Local Politics
26. Gangsters and Racketeers
27. Life in a Cold-Water Flat
28. The Changing North End
29. The Old Waterfront and the New Boston
30. Poor Tenant, Poor Landlord
31. Meglio Pane e Cipolla, e Sola
Epilogue: Anthony's Gift to Us
James S. Pasto
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