From Sicily to Elizabeth Street: Housing and Social Change Among Italian Immigrants, 1880-1930 - Paperback

by Donna R. Gabaccia (Author)

For many immigrants, the move from Sicily to a New York tenement was accompanied by rapid, significant, and often surprisingly satisfactory changes in a wide variety of social relationships. Many of these changes can be traced to the influence of a changing housing environment.

Author Biography

Donna R. Gabaccia is Assistant Professor of History and Political Science at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York.