With Heart and Soul
Calgary's Italian Community

Antonella Fanella

About the Book

With Heart and Soul goes beyond the normal treatment of causes and consequences of immigration and focuses on the ways in which 'Old World' cultural traits were transformed and altered as immigrants encountered an urban, industrial -- and at times, hostile -- new environment.

Based on 48 in-depth interviews with first-generation Italian immigrants, the story Fanella tells is compelling and informative, not only for Italian-Canadian readers, but also those interested in more general ethnic or immigration studies. With Heart and Soul is a sensitive testament to those whose lives were defined by the social and cultural upheaval that is immigration. description.

About the Series

The aim of the series is to publish material that either has never been published or is out of print. The mandate of Legacies Shared is broad, as we plan to make available parts of our "legacy" of historical memories that have been overlooked or have disappeared. Each volume contains an introduction appropriate to the subject, which migh be a work of history, a memoir, collections of letters, photographs, art work, maps, or recipes, works of fiction or poetry, or sets of archival documents. Oral history will also have a place in the series. The geographical area covered by this series is the Canadian west and north, but also across the Canada/U.S. border.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

1. This is the World
2. Cross of Gold
3. Old Ways/New Ways
4. Family, Honour and Destiny

   Bibliography
   Glossary
   Index

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