by
Dr. Donna M. DeBlasio, Dr. Martha I. Pallante
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Between 1890 and 1924, Italian immigrants flocked to Ohio's Mahoning Valley. The area's burgeoning iron and steel industries beckoned with job prospects for immigrants fleeing southern and eastern Europe--particularly from southern Italy, a region that at the time lacked opportunity and highly taxed...