This book goes beyond the normal treatment of causes and consequences of immigration, and focuses more upon the ways in which 'Old World' cultural traits were transformed and altered as immigrants encountered an urban, industrial -- and at times, hostile -- new environment. Based on 48 in-depth interviews with first-generation Italian immigrants, the story Antonella tells is informative and gripping, not only for Italian-Canadian readers, but those interested in more general ethnic or transcultural studies. This book is a sensitive testament to those individuals whose lives were defined by the social and cultural upheaval that is immigration.