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The wave of Italian immigration occurred around 1880. With the construction of the Canal by the Universal Panama Canal Company came the arrival of up to 2,000 Italians. Actually there it is an agreement/treaty between the Italian and Panamanian governments, that facilitates since 1966 the Italian immigration to Panama for investments [172]
The prosecution's reliance on Italian witnesses of low repute led to anti-Italian sentiment in Britain. The witnesses had to be protected from angry mobs, [43] and were depicted in popular prints and pamphlets as venal, corrupt and criminal. [44] Street-sellers sold prints alleging that the Italians had accepted bribes to commit perjury. [45]
In the following decades, the phenomenon of Italian immigration to France decreased considerably and changed its aspect. If immigration at the beginning of the 20th century consisted mainly of peasants, miners and workers, from the years of the Italian economic miracle more qualified workers began to flow. [19]
While popular print media would depict Italian Americans as inseparably connected to crime, socialism, and anarchy, the Italian American press worked to change the narrative. Italian language print media celebrated the work of Giuseppe Petrosino , who was the only Italian American detective with the NYPD, and popularized the archetype of the ...
However, the influx of 4 million European immigrants between 1870 and 1920 significantly altered the racial composition of the country. [61] From 1901 to 1920, immigration was responsible for only 7 percent of Brazilian population growth, but in the years of high immigration, from 1891 to 1900, the share was as high as 30 percent (higher than ...
European immigration to the Americas was one of the largest migratory movements in human history. Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent. Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or ...
Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015. Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II. Western European countries, especially, saw high growth in immigration post 1945, and many European nations today (particularly those of the EU-15) have sizeable immigrant populations, both of European and non-European origin.
Italian immigration to the United States dramatically declined tapered off in the 1920s largely because of passage of the Immigration Act of 1924. After the deaths of 11 Italians during a mass lynching in 1891, relations between the nations were strained. The Italian government demanded that the lynch mob be brought to justice and reparations ...