Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Italian Americans of the Greater Mahoning Valley

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Dec. 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Italian Americans of the Greater Mahoning Valley

Local authors, Donna DeBlasio and Martha Pallante, will be available to sign copies of book

Between 1890 and 1924, Italian immigrants flocked to Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. The area’s burgeoning iron and steel industries beckoned with job prospects for immigrants fleeing southern and eastern Europe—particularly from southern Italy, a region that at the time lacked opportunity and highly taxed its natives. Upon the arrival of these new residents, neighborhoods such as Youngstown’s Smoky Hollow and Brier Hill offered accepting communities, and Niles Fire Brick Factory Company and Trumbull Blast Furnace provided employment.

Assimilation was not always easy, and discrimination did occur, but Italian Americans ultimately prospered, making a mark not only as steelworkers but also as shopkeepers, grocers, restaurateurs, tradesmen, educators, doctors, lawyers, legislators, and mayors. This book explores the immigration experience, community, workplace dynamics, celebrations, worship, heritage, and lasting impact of the second-largest ethnic group in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley.

About the Authors:

Dr. Donna M. DeBlasio, a Youngstown native, is a professor of history and director of the Center for Applied History at Youngstown State University. Dr. Martha I. Pallante, a Niles native, is a professor and chair of the history department at Youngstown State University. DeBlasio and Pallante have both either authored or coauthored several books for Arcadia Publishing.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

381 Boardman-Poland Road

Youngstown, OH 44512

When:  Friday, December 18th, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467114790).

The combination of Arcadia Publishing & The History Press creates the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that are relevant on a local and personal level, enrich lives, and bring readers closer - to their community, their neighbors, and their past. Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com