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Beyond the Noose: Italian Immigrants in Late-Nineteenth Century New Orleans

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On October 15, 1890, New Orleans police chief David Hennessy was gunned down. After the Italian men tried for the crime were acquitted, townspeople lynched all nine of them, along with two others. This infamous incident has completely characterized the experience of Italian immigrants in...

Author:

Tarella, Whitney M.

Keyword:

Italians, Immigration, Italian-Americans, and New Orleans

GW Unit:

History

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Anbinder, Tyler

Committee Member(s):

Stott, Richard

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Gone to Texas: Eastern-European Jewish and Italian Immigrants in Urban Texas, 1900-1924

Description:

This dissertation offers a close examination of the East European Jewish and Italian immigrant populations of three Texas cities--Dallas, Galveston, and Houston--at the turn of the century. Using statistical data derived from the 1900 and 1920 United States federal manuscript censuses, as well as...

Author:

Bondurant, Stacy Dianne

Keyword:

Italians, Urban, Immigration, Eastern European Jews, and Texas

GW Unit:

History

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Anbinder, Tyler G

Committee Member(s):

Weissman Joselit, Jenna, Ribuffo, Leo, Stott, Richard, and Guglielmo, Thomas A

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation