Table of Contents
Figures
Maps
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Environment and Behavior
From Agrotown to Tenement
Chapter One: Sicilian Social Ideals in the Nineteenth Century
Family and Familism
Occupation and Social Class
The Social Origins of Conflicting Ideals
Chapter Two: Residential Choice in the Sicilian Agrotown
The Physical Setting
Choosing a House
Occupation, Class and Kin
House and Household
Residential Mobility
Summary
Chapter Three: Everyday Life and Sicilian Society
A Typical Day
Activity, Time and Location
Agrotown Social Patterns
Summary
Chapter Four: Sicilian Migrants
Familism and Migration
The Social Organization of Migration
Class and Immigrant Occupations
Chapter Five: Tenement Residential Patterns
Tenements
New Restraints
New Opportunities
New Restraint or New Ideal? The Malleable Household and the Kitchen Salotto
Environmental Change and Residential Patterns in New York
Chapter Six: Everyday Life in New York
A Typical Day
Activity, Time and Location
Environmental Change and Everyday Life
Chapter Seven: Immigrant Society and Culture
The Nuclear Family and American Individualism
A Family Social Cycle
The Question of Class
Social and Cultural Change
Appendix A: Social Ideals in Sicilian Proverbs
Appendix B: A Note on Sources and Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Sicily and Migration
Immigrant Italians
Environment and Behavior
Index