Westward the immigrants: Italian adventurers and colonists in an expanding America

843 Pages·1999·3.25 MB·English

by  Andrew F. Rolle

Westward the Immigrants : Italian
title: Adventurers and Colonists in an Expanding
America
author: Rolle, Andrew F.
publisher: University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin:
print isbn13: 9780870815294
ebook isbn13: 9780585104591
language: English
Italian Americans--West (U.S.)--History,
Immigrants--West (U.S.)--History, Frontier
subject and pioneer life--West (U.S.) , West (U.S.)--
History, West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations,
Migration, Internal--United States--History.
publication date: 1999
lcc: F596.3.I8R65 1999eb
ddc: 978/.00451
Italian Americans--West (U.S.)--History,
Immigrants--West (U.S.)--History, Frontier
subject: and pioneer life--West (U.S.) , West (U.S.)--
History, West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations,
Migration, Internal--United States--History.
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Westward the Immigrants
Page ii
By Andrew Rolle
Riviera Path (Verona, Italy, 1948)
An American in California: The Biography of William Heath Davis
(San Marino, 1956)
The Road to Virginia City: The Diary of James Knox Polk Miller
(editor) (Norman, 1960)
Lincoln, a Contemporary Portrait (with Allan Nevins and Irving
Stone) (New York, 1962)
Occidental College: The First Seventy-Five Years (Los Angeles,
1962)
California: A History (New York, 1963)
California: A Students' Guide to Localized History (New York, 1964)
A Century of Dishonor: The Early Crusade for Indian Reform (editor)
By Helen Hunt Jackson (New York, 1965)
The Lost Cause: The Confederate Exodus to Mexico (Norman, 1965)
Los Angeles: A Students' Guide to Localized History (New York,
1965)
Westward the Immigrants: Italian Adventurers and Colonists in a
Expanding America (Boulder, 1999) (formerly titled: The Immigrant
Upraised]
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Westward the Immigrants
Italian Adventurers and Colonists in an Expanding
America
Andrew Rolle
WITH A FOREWORD BY RAY ALLEN BILLINGTON
University Press of Colorado
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Copyright © 1999 by the University Press of Colorado
International Standard Book Number 0-87081-529-6
Formerly published as The Immigrant Upraised by University of
Oklahoma Press
in 1968.
Published by the University Press of Colorado
P.O. Box 849
Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing
enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State
University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan
State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of
Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western
State College of Colorado.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of the American National Standard for Information
SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI
Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rolle, Andrew F.
[Immigrant upraised]
Westward the immigrants: Italian adventurers and colonists in an
expanding America/Andrew Rolle: with a new preface.
p. cm.
Originally published: The immigrant upraised. Norman: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1968.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
ISBN 0-87081-529-6 (alk. paper)
1. Italian AmericansWest (U.S.)History. 2. ImmigrantsWest
(U.S.)History. 3. Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) 4. West
(U.S.)History. 5. West (U.S.)Ethnic relations. 6. Migration,
InternalUnited StatesHistory. 1. Title.
F596.3.18R65 1999
978'.00451dc21 99-41007
CIP
08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Cover photograph: Three little Italian girls under an umbrella at
Ouray, Colorado, in 1898. Courtesy The Huntington Library.
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Ad familiam meam
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Preface to the 1999 Paperback Edition xi
Foreward xxix
by Ray Allen Billington
Acknowledgements xxxiii
Introduction 3
OneOld World and New
I Why They Left: The European Background 19
TwoThe Explorer-Pioneers
II From Exploration to Migration 45
III Journey to the West: Settlement in the Northern and 59
Southern Mississippi Valley
ThreeAcculturative Problems
IV Accusations: Discrimination and Criminality 89
V "Be Patient with Us": The Italian on the Land 110
FourItaly Out West
VI Travels to "II Grande Far Ouest" 129
VII Onto the Prairies and Beyond 150
VIII High in the Sky: Colorado 169