Concept information
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sociology
sociology of organizations, institutions and structure
communities (sociology)
communities: case studies
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sociology
sociology of organizations, institutions and structure
communities (sociology)
primordial communities
Preferred term
little italies
Definition
- In the twenty-first century, few Americans of Italian descent live in a “Little Italy,” that is, in an enclave of Italian immigrants and Italian Americans. Yet these insular, densely settled, homogeneous, working-class urban neighborhoods remain an icon of Italian American life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Little Italies]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/little_italies
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