Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward
Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in the 1870s until 1953 when the district was uprooted to make way for urban renewal.

Richly illustrated with photographs culled from the albums and shoeboxes in the private collections of hundreds of former First Ward families from all across the United States, the book documents the evolution of the district from a small immigrant quarter into a complex Italian-American neighborhood that thrived during the first half of this century.

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Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward
Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in the 1870s until 1953 when the district was uprooted to make way for urban renewal.

Richly illustrated with photographs culled from the albums and shoeboxes in the private collections of hundreds of former First Ward families from all across the United States, the book documents the evolution of the district from a small immigrant quarter into a complex Italian-American neighborhood that thrived during the first half of this century.

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Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward

Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward

by Michael Immerso
Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward

Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward

by Michael Immerso

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Overview

Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in the 1870s until 1953 when the district was uprooted to make way for urban renewal.

Richly illustrated with photographs culled from the albums and shoeboxes in the private collections of hundreds of former First Ward families from all across the United States, the book documents the evolution of the district from a small immigrant quarter into a complex Italian-American neighborhood that thrived during the first half of this century.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813527574
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 08/01/1999
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

MICHAEL IMMERSO is a writer, publicist, and social activist who frequently serves as a media consultant for nonprofit organizations.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
  1. "Nevarca"
  2. Little Italy
  3. Garside Street
  4. Sights and Sounds
  5. The Church
  6. Feasts
  7. Funerals
  8. Blackhanders, Bootleggers, Saints and Sinners
  9. The Ward
  10. Displacement
  11. Faith and Memory
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