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  Bibliography – Italians in Canada


Bibliography compiled by Sylvia Mauro
Library, Archives & Documentation Services
December 6, 2004

Books and articles | Films


BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Abucar, Mohamed Hagi. Italians. Tantallon, N.S.: Four East Publications, 1991. 56 p.

À la découverte de la communauté italienne. Québec: Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère de l'Éducation, 1984. 18 p.

Anctil, Pierre. Bibliographie sur la communauté italienne de Montréal. Montréal: Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, 1981. 36 p

Antonelli, Claudio. Fedeli all'Istria, Fiume, Dalmazia: noi, profughi-emigrati. Montreal: Losna & Tron, 1997. 163 p.

Antonelli, Claudio et al. I protagonisti italiani di Montréal. Montreal: Basilio Giordana, 1998. 394 p.

---. Sradicamento, appartenenza, identita: Pisino, Napoli, Montreal e altrove. Montreal: Losna & Tron, 2002. 215 p.

Ariemma, Virginia Williams. The Story of Villa Charities: A Quarter Century of Community Development by Italian Canadians in Greater Metropolitan Toronto, 1971-1996. Toronto: Villa Charities, 1997. 244 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN HV 110 T6 A74 1997

Atti del Convegno le societa in transizione: Italiani ed Italo-Canadesi negli anni Ottanta: Montreal, 9-11 giugno 1988. A cura di Raimondo Cagiano De Azevedo. Milano, Italy: F. Angeli, 1991. 527 p.

Augimeri, Maria C. Calabrese Folklore. Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1985. 255 p. (Mercury Series. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies ; Paper 56)
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN GR 113 C36 no. 56

Bagnell, Kenneth. Canadese: A Portrait of the Italian Canadians. Toronto: Macmillan, 1989. 287 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 106 I8 B33

Buranello, Robert. I Giuliano-Dalmati in Canada: considerazioni ed immagini. Ottawa: Legas, 1995. 126 p.

Caccia, Fulvio. Sous le signe du phénix: entretiens avec quinze créateurs italo-québécois. Montreal: Guernica, 1985. 305 p.

Caccia, Fulvio ; Sloate, Daniel (trans.). Interviews with the Phoenix: Interviews with Fifteen Italian-Quebecois Artists. Toronto: Guernica, 1998. 221 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 2950 I8  C33

Carbone, Stanislao. The Streets were not Paved with Gold: A Social History of Italians in Winnipeg. Winnipeg: Manitoba Italian Heritage Committee, 1993. 112 p.

---. Italians in Winnipeg: an Illustrated History. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1998. 102 p.

Culos, Raymond. Vancouver's Society of Italians. Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Pub., 1998-2002. 2 vol.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3847.9 I8 C84 v.1-2

D'Alfonso, Antonio. En italiques: réflexions sur l'ethnicité. Montreal: Éditions Balzac, 2000. 114 p

---. In Italics: In Defense of Ethnicity. Toronto: Guernica, 1996. 265 p.

Del Negro, Giovanna. Looking Through my Mother's Eyes: Life Stories of Nine Italian Immigrant Women in Canada. Toronto: Guernica, 1997. 134 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN GR 470 D44 1997

Dobrzensky, Leopolda z L. They Worked and Prayed Together: Italians in Haliburton County. Haliburton, Ont.: L. Dobrzensky, 1988. 55 p.

Duliani, Mario. The City Without Women: A Chronicle of Internment Life in Canada During the Second World War. Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, 1994. 157 p. Translation of: La ville sans femmes and Città senza donne.
Call number: CWM/MCG VIMY GEN D 805 C2 D813 1994

Eisenbichler, Konrad (ed.) An Italian Region in Canada: The Case of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1998. 187 p.

Fahey, Kathleen. The Italians. St. Catharines, Ont.: Crabtree Pub., 2000. 32 p. [Children’s book]

Fanella, Antonella. With Heart and Soul: Calgary's Italian Community. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1999. 126 p.

Gabaccia, Donna R. Italy's Many Diasporas. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000. 264 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN DG 453 G33 2000

Gabori, Susan. In Search of Paradise: The Odyssey of an Italian Family. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993. 232 p.

Giuliano, Bruce B. Sacro o Profano? A Consideration of Four Italian-Canadian Religious Festivals. Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1976. 64 p. (Mercury Series. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies ; Paper 17)
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN GR 113 C36 no. 17

Grohovaz, Gianni A. Coro Santa Cecilia, Toronto, Canada, 1961-1986: 25 Years of Italian Voices in Canada. Toronto: Coro Santa Cecilia, 1986. 138 p.

Harney, Nicholas DeMaria. Eh, Paesan! Being Italian in Toronto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 209 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3097.9 I8 H37 1998

Harney, Robert F.; Harney, Nicholas De Maria; Harney, Maria (ed.). From the Shores of Hardship : Italians in Canada : Essays. Welland, Ont.: Lewiston, 1993. 216 p.

Harney, Robert F ; Liberati, Luigi Bruti, and Nicoletta Serio (trans). Dalla frontiera alle little Italies: gli italiani in Canada, 1800-1845. Roma: Bonacci Editore, 1984. 313 p.

Harney, Robert F ; Anctil, Pierre et Bruno Ramirez, Bruno (eds). If One Were to Write a History: Selected Writings. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1991. 290 p.

Harney, Robert F. ; Pozzetta, George E.; Ramirez, Bruno, (eds). The Italian Diaspora: Migration Across the Globe. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1992. 211 p.

Harney, Robert F. Italians in North America. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 198-? 27, 17 p.

Harney, Robert F. ; Scarpaci, J. Vincenza (eds). Little Italies in North America. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1981. 210 p.

Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN E 184 I8 L57

Liberati, Luigi Bruti. Il Canada e la guerra dei trent'anni: l'esperienza bellica di un popolo multietnico. Milano: Guerini Studio, 1989. 333 p.

Jansen, Clifford J. Fact-Book on Italians in Canada. North York, Ont.: Institute for Social Research, York University, 1987. 96 p.

---. Italians in a Multicultural Canada. Lewiston, N.Y.: E. Mellen Press, 1988. 235 p.

Iacovetta, Franca ; Perin, Roberto ; Principe, Angelo (eds). Enemies Within: Italian and Other Internees in Canada and Abroad. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. 429 p.
Call number: CWM/MCG VIMY D 805 C3 E63 2000

Iacovetta, Franca. The Immigrant Strikes: Italian Construction Workers and Ethnic Militancy in Post-War Toronto. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Historical Association, 1989. 36 p.

---. Such Hardworking People: Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993. 278 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3097.9 I8 I33 1992

Iuele-Colilli, Diana (ed.). The Harvest of a New Life: Documenting, Thinking and Representing the Italian-Canadian Experience. Welland, Ont.: Éditions Soleil, 2002. 204 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3099 S832 Z7 2002

Iuele-Colilli, Diana. I Friulani di Sudbury. Ottawa: Legas, 1994. 85 p.

---. Italian Faces: Images of the Italian Community of Sudbury = Volti italiani: immagini della comunita italiana di Sudbury. Welland, Ont.: Éditions Soleil Pub., 2000. 182 p.

Karcich, Grant. Finding Your Italian Ancestors. Toronto: Heritage Productions, 1999. 85 p.

Kelly, Joseph T.(ed.). Italians of North America. Hamilton, Ont.: AMCOR Publications, 1999. 1 vol.

Landed: A Pictorial Mosaic of Friulani Immigration to Canada. Woodbridge, Ont.: Friuli Benevolent Corporation, 1992. 190 p.

Macchiarella, Gianclaudio ; Haller, Hermann W. ; Severino, Roberto (eds). Preserving and Promoting Italian Language and Culture in North America. Welland, Ont.: Éditions Soleil Pub., 1998. 222 p.

Manitoba Italian Heritage Committee. In our Own Words: Reflections and Recollections of Italians in Winnipeg = La nostra storia: gli Italiani a Winnipeg. Winnipeg: Manitoba Italian Heritage Committee, 1998.

Manitoba. Multiculturalism Secretariat. Profile of the Italian Community of Manitoba. Winnipeg : Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship, Multiculturalism Secretariat, 1999. 50 p.

Manitoba. Secrétariat des affaires multiculturelles. Les avantages du Manitoba, sa culture et ses habitants: un portrait de la communauté italienne au Manitoba. Winnipeg: Secrétariat des affaires multiculturelles, 1999. 50 p

Martino, Arcangelo. Italian Roots and Canadian Blossoms: A History of Brantford's Italian-Canadian Community, 1880-1999. Brantford, Ont: Almar Pub., 2000. 358 p.

Migliore, Sam; DiPierro, Evo (ed.). Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories. Sydney, N.S.: UCCB Press, 1999. 336 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 2343.8 I8 M53 1999

Migliore, Sam. Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. 189 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN GN 475.6  M53 1997

Molinaro, Julius ; Kuitunen, Maddalena (eds). The Luminous Mosaic: Italian Cultural Organizations in Ontario. Welland, Ont.: Éditions Soleil, 1993. 266 p.

One by One: History of the Italian Community in Sarnia-Lambton, 1870-1990 = Passo dopo passo: storia della comunita italiana de Sarnia-Lambton, 1870-1990. Sarnia, Ont.: Italo-Canadian Cultural Club of Sarnia, 1991. 148 p.

Painchaud, Claude ; Poulin, Richard. Les Italiens au Québec. Québec: Critiques, 1988. 231 p.

Perin, Roberto, Sturino, Franc (eds). Arrangiarsi: The Italian Immigration Experience in Canada. Montréal: Guernica, 1992. 251 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 106 I8 A78 1992

Meintel, Deirdre ; Peressini, Mauro. Immigrées âgées d'origine italienne et portugaise à Montréal. Québec: Gouvernement du Québec, Conseil québécois de la recherche sociale, 1995. 36 p.

Peressini, Mauro. Migration, famille et communauté. Les Italiens du Frioul à Montréal, 1945-1980 in Études italiennes, n. 2. Montréal: Université de Montréal, 1990. 216 p.

---. Pratiques et stratégies migratoires: le cas des italiens originaires du Frioul. Montréal: Université de Montréal, 1983. Thesis (M.A.)

---. Sujets et identités multiples analyse des histoires de vie d'un groupe d'immigrants italiens à Montréal. Montréal: Université de Montréal, 1992. Thesis (Ph. D.)

Pillitteri, Peppi. Traditions of Our Fathers: The True Sicilians. Hamilton, Ont.: Seldon Printing, 1992. 139 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 106 I8 P642 1992

Pivato, Joseph. (ed.). Contrasts: Comparative Essays on Italian Canadian Writing. Montréal: Guernica, 1985. 255 p.

Pivato, Joseph ; Batts, Michael S. (eds). Italian-Canadian Writers: A Preliminary Survey. Ottawa: Dept. of the Secretary of State of Canada, 1988. 53 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN PS 8075 I8 P58

Potestio, John. In Search of a Better Life: Emigration to Thunder Bay from a Small Town in Calabria. Thunder Bay, Ont.: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000. 172 p.

Potestio, John (ed.). In Their Footsteps: Reflections on the Legacy of Italian Immigrants to Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay, Ont.: s.n., 2002. 131 p.

Potestio, John; Pucci, Antonio (eds). The Italian Immigrant Experience. Thunder Bay, Ont.: Canadian Italian Historical Association, 1988. 158 p.

Powers, Jo Marie (ed.). Buon Appetito: Italian Foodways in Ontario. Willowdale, Ont.: Ontario Historical Society, 2000. 60 p.

Principe, Angelo. The Darkest Side of the Fascist Years: The Italian-Canadian Press, 1920-1942. Toronto: Guernica, 1999. 272 p.

Profiles Italy: Italian Immigrants in Canada = Les profils Italie : les immigrants italiens au Canada. Ottawa, Ont.: Citizenship and Immigration Canada = Citoyenneté et immigration Canada, 1996. 11, 11 p.

Ramirez, Bruno. The Italians in Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1989. 27 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 106 I8 R34 1989

Ramirez, Bruno ; Del Balso, Michael. The Italians of Montreal: From Sojourning to Settlement, 1900-1921. Montreal: Éditions du Courant, 1980. 54 p.

Ramirez, Bruno; Teasdale, Christiane (trans.). Les Italiens au Canada. Ottawa: Société historique du Canada, 1989. 28 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 106 I8 R3414 1989

Ramirez, Bruno. On the Move: French-Canadian and Italian Migrants in the North Atlantic Economy, 1860-1914. Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 1998, c1991. 172 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN HD 8081 I8 R35 1991

Ramirez, Bruno ; Teasdale, Christiane (trans.). Par monts et par vaux: migrants canadiens-francais et italiens dans l'economie nord-atlantique, 1860-1914. Montréal: Boréal, 1991. 204 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN HD 8081 I8 R3514 1991

Ramirez, Bruno. Les premiers Italiens de Montréal: l'origine de la petite Italie du Québec. Montreal : Boréal express, 1984. 136 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 2947.9 I7 R35 1984

Razzolini, E. M. All our Fathers: The North Italian Colony in Industrial Cape Breton. Halifax, N.S.: International Education Centre, Saint Mary's University, 1983. 55 p.

Riganelli, Carla (ed.). Club Roma, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 1961-1986: 25 Years of Dedication to the Community. Ontario: Webcom, 1987. 101 p.

Rocchetti, Loriana ; Rose, Robert. Bravi: A History of the Italian Community in the Town of St. Marys. St. Marys, Ont.: Thames Label & Litho, 1996. 121 p.

Salvatore, Filippo. Fascism and the Italians of Montreal: an Oral History, 1922-1945. Toronto: Guernica, 1998. 224 p.

---. Le fascisme et les Italiens à Montréal: une histoire orale, 1922-1945. Montreal: Guernica, 1995. 302 p.

Scardellato, Gabriele Pietro ; Scarci, Manuela (eds). A Monument for Italian-Canadian Immigrants: Regional Migration From Italy to Canada. Toronto: Dept. of Italian Studies, University of Toronto, 1999. 110 p.

Scardellato, Gabriele Pietro. Within our Temple: A History of the Order Sons of Italy of Ontario. Toronto: Order Sons of Italy of Canada, 1995. 223 p.

Sturino, Franc. Forging the Chain: A Case Study of Italian Migration to North America, 1880-1930. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1990, 277 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3097.9 I8 S88 1990

---. Italian-Canadian Studies: A Select Bibliography. Toronto: Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian-Canadian Studies, York University and the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1988. 108 p. (Elia Chair publication series; 1)
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO REF Z 1395 I8 S78

Tedesco, Theresa. Italiani: A Celebration of Italian Life in Canada. Don Mills, Ont.: Stoddart, 1990.

Toppan, Marino. The Voice of Labour: A Life in Toronto's Construction Industry. Toronto: Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies; Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian Canadian Studies, 2003.

Verdicchio, Pasquale. Devils in Paradise: Writings on Post-Emigrant Cultures. Toronto: Guernica, 1997. 160 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN E 49.2 I8 V47

Wood, Patricia Katharine. Nationalism From the Margins: Italians in Alberta and British Columbia. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. 180 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3700 I8 W66 2002

Zorzi, Rosella Mamoli. Attraversare gli oceani: da Giovanni Caboto al Canada multiculturale. Venezia : Marsilio, 1999. 247 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN E 129 C1 A88 1999

Zucchi, John E. The Italian Immigrants of the St. John's Ward, 1875-1915 : Patterns of Settlement and Neighbourhood Formation. Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1981, c1980. 43 p.
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN FC 3097.9 I8 Z82

---. Italians in Toronto: Development of a National Identity, 1875-1935. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. 255 p.




FILMS

Barbed Wire and Mandolins. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1997. 1 VHS (46 min.).

Caffè Italia. Montreal: Cinéma Libre and Imavision, 1999, c1985. 1 VHS (81 min.).

(In French with English subtitles).

The Canadians: The Italian Community. Richmond, B.C.: Provincial Educational Media Centre, 1983-1984. 1 VHS (30 min.) (The Canadian Community series; 2)

Dimanche d'Amérique. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1961. 1 film (16 mm, vidéo 1/2 po, 3/4 po, 1 po ; 27 min.). In English: One Sunday in Canada.

Enigmatico. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1995. 1 VHS (52 min.). (In English with French subtitles).

The Good Life. Toronto: Dog-Ear Film and Video Productions, 1991. 1 VHS (23 min.). (In Italian with English subtitles)

Mediterraneo sempre. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 2000. 1 VHS (73 min.) (In French: Méditerranée pour toujours. In English: Mediterranean forever).
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN VIDEO 743

The Newcomers: The Italians. Markham, Ont.: LM Media Marketing Services Ltd., 1978. 1 VHS (58  min.).

One Sunday in Canada. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1961. 1 film (16 mm, vidéo 1/2 po, 3/4 po, 1 po. ; 27 min.). In French: Dimanche d’Amérique.

Sons and Daughters: The Italians of Schreiber. Toronto: White Pine Pictures, 1997. 1 VHS (30 min.) (A scattering of seeds series; 7)
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN VIDEO 692 v. 7

St. Bruno: My Eyes as a Stranger. Toronto, Ont.: Lynx Images Releasing, 1993. 1 VHS (20 min.).
Call number: MCC/CMC BIBLIO GEN VIDEO 470

Terra Nova. Toronto: Northern Outlaw Productions Inc, 1991. 1 film (16 mm, ½ po, ¾ po, 1 po ; 24 min.).



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