Italians of San Joaquin County

Italians of San Joaquin County

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Publication Date: 3rd November 2014

Italians were among the first European settlers in California, as fishermen from Italy arrived in the 1830s. After gold was discovered in 1848, immigrants from all over the world came for the opportunity that California presented. For the Italians, they encountered a terrain and climate so similar to their homeland that many stayed on to make California their new home. In San Joaquin County, the Italian influence remains profound, with the immigrants and their descendants helping develop the area's cultural, agricultural, and business climate into what it is today. The legacy of the Italian pi... Read More
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Italians were among the first European settlers in California, as fishermen from Italy arrived in the 1830s. After gold was discovered in 1848, immigrants from all over the world came for the opportunity that California presented. For the Italians, they encountered a terrain and climate so similar to their homeland that many stayed on to make California their new home. In San Joaquin County, the Italian influence remains profound, with the immigrants and their descendants helping develop the area's cultural, agricultural, and business climate into what it is today. The legacy of the Italian pi... Read More
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Italians were among the first European settlers in California, as fishermen from Italy arrived in the 1830s. After gold was discovered in 1848, immigrants from all over the world came for the opportunity that California presented. For the Italians, they encountered a terrain and climate so similar to their homeland that many stayed on to make California their new home. In San Joaquin County, the Italian influence remains profound, with the immigrants and their descendants helping develop the area's cultural, agricultural, and business climate into what it is today. The legacy of the Italian pioneers has enriched San Joaquin County in immeasurable ways. Every aspect of life here has been touched, molded, and made better by this industrious group who came to a distant land to make a better life.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 3rd November 2014
  • State: California
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467132329
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author Bio
Author and native Lodian Ralph A. Clark has selected photographs for this volume from the Bank of Stockton Historical Photograph Collection, the Celia Crocker Thompson Collection of the Lodi Public Library, and several other local collections to help illustrate the history of livable, lovable Lodi.
The Pacific Italian Alliance, with the help of local author and historian Ralph A. Clark, has compiled and collected a treasure trove of exciting historic images from a variety of sources including the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, the Haggin Museum, and the Bank of Stockton Historical Photograph Collection, as well as the generous contributions of several Italian American families that continue to live in San Joaquin County.
Italians were among the first European settlers in California, as fishermen from Italy arrived in the 1830s. After gold was discovered in 1848, immigrants from all over the world came for the opportunity that California presented. For the Italians, they encountered a terrain and climate so similar to their homeland that many stayed on to make California their new home. In San Joaquin County, the Italian influence remains profound, with the immigrants and their descendants helping develop the area's cultural, agricultural, and business climate into what it is today. The legacy of the Italian pioneers has enriched San Joaquin County in immeasurable ways. Every aspect of life here has been touched, molded, and made better by this industrious group who came to a distant land to make a better life.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 3rd November 2014
  • State: California
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467132329
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author and native Lodian Ralph A. Clark has selected photographs for this volume from the Bank of Stockton Historical Photograph Collection, the Celia Crocker Thompson Collection of the Lodi Public Library, and several other local collections to help illustrate the history of livable, lovable Lodi.
The Pacific Italian Alliance, with the help of local author and historian Ralph A. Clark, has compiled and collected a treasure trove of exciting historic images from a variety of sources including the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, the Haggin Museum, and the Bank of Stockton Historical Photograph Collection, as well as the generous contributions of several Italian American families that continue to live in San Joaquin County.