Italian Americans of the Greater Mahoning Valley

by Donna M. DeBlasio and Martha I. Pallante

Book Overview

Between 1890 and 1924, Italian immigrants flocked to Ohio's Mahoning Valley. The area's burgeoning iron and steel industries beckoned with job prospects for immigrants fleeing southern and eastern Europe--particularly from southern Italy, a region that at the time lacked opportunity and highly taxed its natives. Upon the arrival of these new residents, neighborhoods such as Youngstown's Smoky Hollow and Brier Hill offered accepting communities, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467114790
• ISBN13: 9781467114790
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"