The Italian Americans
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Episodes
S1 E1 - La Famiglia
February 16, 201554minA brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the great flight from the mezzogiorno region. By the late 19th century, Italians begin to put down roots and Little Italys spring up in urban areas throughout the U.S.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseS1 E2 - Becoming Americans
February 16, 201554minAt the turn of the 20th century, more than four million Italians immigrate to America.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseS1 E3 - Loyal Americans
February 23, 201554minA second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports and entertainment, and the war proves to be a turning point for Italian Americans as they begin to break out of their enclaves.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseS1 E4 - The American Dream
February 23, 201554minIn postwar America, Italian Americans move to the suburbs, attend college and enter the middle-class. Can Italian Americans ever fit into 1950s America, or will the specter of organized crime always bring them down?Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchase
