{"product_id":"staying-italian-jordan-stanger-ross-9780226770741","title":"Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite their twin positions as two of North America's most iconic Italian neighborhoods, South Philly and Toronto's Little Italy have functioned in dramatically different ways since World War II. Inviting readers into the churches, homes, and businesses at the heart of these communities, \u003ci\u003eStaying Italian\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that daily experience in each enclave created two distinct, yet still Italian, ethnicities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Philadelphia struggled with deindustrialization, Jordan Stanger-Ross shows, Italian ethnicity in South Philly remained closely linked with preserving turf and marking boundaries. Toronto's thriving Little Italy, on the other hand, drew Italians together from across the wider region. These distinctive ethnic enclaves, Stanger-Ross argues, were shaped by each city's response to suburbanization, segregation, and economic restructuring. By situating malleable ethnic bonds in the context of political economy and racial dynamics, he offers a fresh perspective on the potential of local environments to shape individual identities and social experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan Stanger-Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226770745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226770741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Jordan Stanger-Ross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086426452223,"sku":"9780226770741","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47cc6803-05ed-40c9-a38e-339bab8a6c87.jpg?v=1769094605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staying-italian-jordan-stanger-ross-9780226770741","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}