Reflections from the South Side: Volume 1 - Coco, Albert
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This is a story about emigres from a hill town called Terravecchia, in the Province of Cosenza, in Calabria, Italy. These emigres formed an Italian district on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. The accounts of the assimilation and acculturation process of these people who eventually earned the right to become full-fledged Americans are presented by the author, Albert Coco. Being a first generation Italian from that district, the author is able to share his very personal thoughts and memories about his family and neighborhood from that first…mehr

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This is a story about emigres from a hill town called Terravecchia, in the Province of Cosenza, in Calabria, Italy. These emigres formed an Italian district on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. The accounts of the assimilation and acculturation process of these people who eventually earned the right to become full-fledged Americans are presented by the author, Albert Coco. Being a first generation Italian from that district, the author is able to share his very personal thoughts and memories about his family and neighborhood from that first wave of immigrants and give some insight of how the immigration process was intended to operate.
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Autorenporträt
Albert Coco is a retired dentist whose father was an immigrant shoemaker from southern Italy. During his career he has been published in professional journals and lectured extensively to members of his profession. He has shared many of his reflections about his heritage throughout his life and has finally blended his life experiences with the immigrant experiences that have shaped his life in this novel.