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  1. In Faded Fabric: The Preservation of Immigrant Identity
    date 1870map COOK, Illinoistags Italy, Marriage, Immigration

    The Kingdom of Italy had secured its territorial integrity, seizing Venice from Austria 1866 and ending Rome’s Papal autonomy by conquering the Eternal City four years later. Nestled in the mountains of southern Italy laid the village of Montefalcone. In 1870, the town was awash with celebration—not from its kingdom’s recent conquests but from a single wedding. Fiorita Corso was betrothed to...