Immigrants in the Lands of Promise: Italians in Buenos Aires and New York City, 1870-1914

Most studies of immigration to the New World have focused on the United States. Samuel L. Baily's eagerly awaited book broadens that perspective through a comparative analysis of Italian immigrants to Buenos Aires and New York City before World War I. It is one of the few works to trace Italians from their villages of origin to different destinations abroad.

Baily examines the adjustment of Italians in the two cities, comparing such factors as employment opportunities, skill levels, pace of ...