EXPERIENCE OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS

Question 1

OPEN DOOR POLICY

Answer 1

A: migrated to S late 1800’s = open door policy changing, stopped many I

B: established themselves in catering industry, establish cafes for sale of ice cream + fish & chips

C: help develop S leisure industry, cafes in Glasgow inc. from 89=1903 to 339=1905, POS+ improve S economy, I able to thrive

Question 2

CAFE POPULARITY

Answer 2

A: mostly welcomed due to popularity of cafes

B:foods=popular among middle class + italian cafes, place where youth commune, Nardini’s/Luca’s family run parlour

C:led to claim that cafes were immoral, encouraged youth to misbehave, other saw it as good alternative to public houses. POS= experience

Question 3

NOT A THREAT

Answer 3

A: assimilate well/lack conflict w/ S=no threat to jobs or wages unlike L

B: at home, spoke I/food I, married other I, sent money home=future laid back at home rather than S

C:long working hours due to popular cafes=not integrate w/ other S, NEG+ experience assimilation wasn’t as easy as other groups

Question 4

HARD WORKERS

Answer 4

A: I were hard workers= daily 7 days a week

B: I would also work on Sundays= some S protestants/Presbyterian angered by this

C: NEG- experience= felt they were working on God’s rest day

Question 5

POLITICAL VIEWS

Answer 5

A: Mussolini in gov in I=many I kept PV in line w/ italian fascist gov

B: I began to form fascist groups in S, La Casa Del Fascio=S opposed, infringe on GB democracy values

C:NEG- assimilation=prejudice from S= I repelled from integrating+move back to I

Question 6

SCOTTISH CULTURE

Answer 6

A:Some I adapted to S culture and took on more Scottish identities

B:2nd generation Italians took on Scottish names, like Joe or Eilidh

C:POS+ experience, S people like I becoming more associated/assimilated into S society