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Author_Nancy C. Carnevale
case study
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children
complex
culture
dominant culture
Ellis Island
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ethnic
family
identity
immigration
interaction
interdisciplinary
Italian immigrants
Italy
language
language studies
linguistic
literature
nation
negotiate
process
role
Statue of Liberty
twentieth century
U.S. history
Product details
- ISBN 9780252034039
- Weight: 481g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2009
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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An examination of Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one immigrant group's experience with language in America. Incorporating the interdisciplinary literature on language within a historical framework, Nancy C. Carnevale illustrates the complexity of the topic of language in American immigrant life. By looking at language from the perspectives of both immigrants and the dominant culture as well as their interaction, this book reveals the role of language in the formation of ethnic identity and the often coercive context within which immigrants must negotiate this process.
Nancy C. Carnevale is an associate professor of history at Montclair State University.
