{"product_id":"emigrant-nation-the-making-of-italy-abroad-9780674027848","title":"Emigrant Nation: The Making of Italy Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1880 and 1915  thirteen million Italians left their homeland  launching the largest emigration from any country in recorded world history. As the young Italian state struggled to adapt to the exodus  it pioneered the establishment of a global nationan Italy abroad cemented by ties of culture  religion  ethnicity  and economics.  In this wide-ranging work  Mark Choate examines the relationship between the Italian emigrants  their new communities  and their home country. The state maintained that emigrants were linked to Italy and to one another through a shared culture. Officials established a variety of programs to coordinate Italian communities worldwide. They fostered identity through schools  athletic groups  the Dante Alighieri Society  the Italian Geographic Society  the Catholic Church  Chambers of Commerce  and special banks to handle emigrant remittances. But the projects aimed at binding Italians together also raised intense debates over priorities and the emigrants best interests. Did encouraging loyalty to Italy make the emigrants less successful at integrating? Were funds better spent on supporting the home nation rather than sustaining overseas connections?  In its probing discussion of immigrant culture  transnational identities  and international politics  this fascinating book not only narrates the grand story of Italian emigration but also provides important background to immigration debates that continue to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666147598389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674027841","price":131.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674027848.jpg?v=1782420964","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/emigrant-nation-the-making-of-italy-abroad-9780674027848","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}