The Italians Who Built Toronto: Italian Workers and Contractors in the City's Housebuilding Industry, 1950-1980 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Craig Phelan, Stefano AgnolettoSeries:Trade Unions. Past, Present and FutureTheme:Aspects (Academic)/Historical, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/Canadian, Cultural Region/ItalyPublish date:6/25/2014Pages:360
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic PublisISBN-13:9783034317733ISBN-10:3034317735UPC:9783034317733Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economic History, Europe, United StatesBook Topic:Italy, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCAV31NQFX
After World War II hundreds of thousands of Italians emigrated to Toronto. This book describes their labour, business, social and cultural history as they settled in their new home. It addresses fundamental issues that impacted them and the city including ethnic economic niching, unionization, urban proletarianization and their entrepreneurship.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic PublisISBN-13:9783034317733ISBN-10:3034317735UPC:9783034317733Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economic History, Europe, United StatesBook Topic:Italy, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCAV31NQFX
Stefano Agnoletto (PhDs in Economic History, IUN University of Napoli and Modern History, Kingston University of London) is currently a teaching fellow at Bocconi University in Milano. Over the last two decades he has collaborated with various Italian and Canadian universities. He was a visiting professor at Novorsibirsk State University in Russia and at the Instituto Tecnològico de Estudios Superiores of Monterrey in Mexico, and he was a visiting scholar at York University of Toronto in Canada. He has carried out many research projects as a junior and senior researcher. Testifying to this research activity is a large body of publications edited in Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Russia and Poland.
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
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