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Family History Roundtable Series: Tracing Italian Immigrant History to the Italian American Present

at Connetquot Public Library | Mon May 05

Location

Connetquot Public Library

760 Ocean Avenue
Bohemia, NY 11716
(Map)
Tel: 631-567-5079
Contact Name: Dawn DiAngelo
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Date & Time

07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Mon, May 05, 2014
Cost: Free Event
Description

What pushed so many Italians to leave their country between 1880 and 1924 and come to America?  How did Old World attachments shape their responses to New World challenges? Dr. Salvatore Primeggia, professor of Sociology at Adelphi University, will answer these questions in this Speakers in the Humanities event made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.