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History of Italian Americans in Philadelphia

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944: 323: 1086:, 1 July 1999, Vol.123(3), pp. 258–259. CITED: p. 258. "We learn that at first Philadelphians, like much of the English-speaking world, were receptive to the idea of Italy and its culture, visualizing the Italians as symbolic of classical culture. This attitude waned perceptibly as the less attractive features of nineteenth-century migrants emerged and newspapers focused on organ grinders, the exploiters of children, and the instances of violence involving Italians." 930: 424:(1959–1980), the family enjoyed an era of peace and prosperity. A complex dispute involving disgruntled subordinates and territory claims by New York's Genovese crime family led to Bruno's murder in 1980. The killing marked the beginning of years of internal violence for control of the Philadelphia family, leading to a gradual decline in the family's stability. 178:, wrote that the first population was "in much smaller numbers" than the mass immigrant groups of the late 19th Century and 20th Century. At the time, many educated Americans had a positive view of classical culture, and thus their view of Northern Italian immigrants was more positive. Among the immigrants of this first period, 419:
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in South Philadelphia. This criminal organization primarily operates in various areas and neighborhoods in Philadelphia, the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (i.e. the Delaware Valley)
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that the Philadelphia Italian "community" didn't actually form until the 1850s and 1860s, when it achieved enough size to do so. There were 117 Philadelphia residents at the time known to have been born in Italy. By the 1870 census this increased to 517, with 82% of them living in South Philadelphia.
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The early Italian immigrants had little desire to be active in political life in either the U.S. or Italy since they focused on their work. In the 1920s and 1930s they took pride in Mussolini's achievement in restoring Italy's prestige. His government tried to mobilize Italian Americans to become
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Italians coming to Philadelphia were predominantly Catholic. Di Giacomo wrote "The church was the focal point of neighborhood life. Nearly everything, from baptisms to funerals, played out in or around the church." Some Italians were Protestant. The Protestants included Baptists, Presbyterians,
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One Italian church, St. Rita of Cascia (in South Philadelphia at Broad and Ellsworth Streets), is now a shrine. Other Italian Catholic churches include King of Peace and St. Nicholas of Tolentine. The Presbyterian church had three Italian churches, with one in South Philadelphia, one in
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According to Stefano Luconi, in the 1920s and 1930s "numerous Italian Americans became US citizens, registered for the vote, and cast their ballots in order to lobby Congress and the Presidency on behalf of fascism and to support Mussolini's goals in foreign policy."
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In the community's initial history (circa prior to the 1850s-1860s) about 67% of the residents were male, and about 67% were ages 15–44. The pre-1870 Italian community did not include labor agents. During that period Italians were concentrated in wards 2 through 5 in
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of the United States, the few Italian immigrants to come to Philadelphia came in small numbers and from higher class backgrounds, and these few Italians were often considered to be accomplished in business, art, and music. Some early Italian settlements appeared in
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sought to build a base of popular support in the United States, focusing on the Italian community. His supporters far outnumbered his opponents, both inside the Italian American community, among all Catholics, and among the wider American leadership.)
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population. In 2010, the Philadelphia metropolitan region had the second-largest Italian-American population in the United States with more than 142,000 residents with Italian ancestry, and about 3,100 Italian immigrants.
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and New Jersey, especially South Jersey. The family is notorious for its violence, due in particular to its succession of violent bosses and multiple mob wars. As the Bruno crime family under the 21-year reign of boss
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and were from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. During that era, most Italians came to the United States and worked as unskilled manual laborers, often saving money to send back home to family in the form of
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In 1898 Southern Italians who felt alienated from the St. Mary's Catholic Church due to their southern background and from the Irish St. Peter's Catholic Church founded the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
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Evangelicals, and Pentecostals. In South Philadelphia second and third generations of Protestants left at a much quicker rate compared to Catholics of the same generation.
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In 1819 Silvio Pellico wrote in "Breve soggiorno in Milano di Battistino Barometro" that some Italian immigrants were going to Philadelphia. Charles L. Flynn, Jr. of
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Italians began settling Germantown in 1880. The Italian community in South Philadelphia was, at a later point, reduced in size due to Italians moving to
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Luconi, Stefano. "Machine politics and the consolidation of the Roosevelt majority: The case of Italian Americans in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia."
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By the end of the 19th Century and the 20th Century, Italians immigrating to Philadelphia mainly came from peasant villages in
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closed Our Lady of Good Counsel. Di Giacomo wrote that "The church's constant activity is legendary to this day."
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Philips Jenkins, and Gary Potter. "The politics and mythology of organized crime: a Philadelphia case-study."
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The first Italian mutual aid society, the Società Italiana di Unione e Fratellanza, was organized in 1867.
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The Ligurians held leadership roles within the Italian community during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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By the early 20th century the ratio between families with children and male workers decreased.
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Luconi, Stefano. "Frank L. Rizzo and the whitening of Italian Americans in Philadelphia." in
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Juliani, Richard N. "The Parish as an Urban Institution: Italian Catholics in Philadelphia."
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Southern Italians, especially as the media focused on crimes and bad behavior, resulting in
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US citizens and pressure Washington to support Italy's foreign policy, especially in the
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Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia
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Luconi, Stefano. "Bringing Out the Italian-American Vote in Philadelphia."
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Priest, Parish, and People: Saving the Faith in Philadelphia's Little Italy
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Dickinson, Joan Younger. "Aspects of Italian immigration to Philadelphia."
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Welcome to the web site of the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia
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From paesani to white ethnics: The Italian experience in Philadelphia
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The Social Organization of Immigration: The Italians in Philadelphia
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Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians Before Mass Migration
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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia
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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia
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Stefano Luconi, “Fascism and Italian-American Identity Politics.”
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Gertrude, M. Agnes. "Italian Immigration into Philadelphia."
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Historically the Italian newspapers in Philadelphia included
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The largest and oldest Italian community is located in
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United German Hungarians of Philadelphia and Vicinity
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