Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were frequently moving between North America – specifically, the United States and British North America – and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice, and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests, and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing.
Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic   challenges the idea that national origin – for instance, Italianness – constitutes the only significant feature of a group’s identity, revealing instead the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges.
Review " Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic represents a historical ‘cross-over,’ where the history of Italy, Italian migration, Catholicism, and colonial North America are questioned simultaneously. In this way, Luca Codignola answers many questions, including why Italians migrated to North America, how they were accepted, and what kind of relationship was linking Italy to North America. Codignola has written a very important contribution to the study of transatlantic history between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."
(Matteo Sanfilippo, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e della Comunicazione, Università degli Studi della Tuscia)
"In examining the mobility of ideas, trade, and Catholic networks, Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic convincingly reveals the significant impact of merchants, missionaries, priests, and lay travellers from both North America and Italy, while connecting them to enlightenment ideals. It is a model of the kind of research any historian might wish to teach advanced students."
(Donna Gabaccia, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto, Scarborough)
About the Author
Luca Codignola is a Senior Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Adjunct Professor at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, and Professeur Associé at Université de Montréal.

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Codignola, Luca

Toronto Italian studies, Toronto ; Buffalo ; London, 2019

University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2019

Canada - English Language, Canada

Jan 25, 2019

1, 2019

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Source title: Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic: Traders, Priests, and Their Kin Travelling between North America and the Italian Peninsula, 1763-1846 (Emilio Goggio Publications Series)

Cover 1
Contents 8
Foreword 12
Preface 14
Abbreviations 22
Introduction: “Contributors” and the “Enlightened,” or the Invention of Italianness 32
Colombo, Caboto, Verrazzano: Allegiance to What? 34
From Bressani the Jesuit to Castiglioni the Traveller 37
Were Travel Reports Trustworthy and Influential? 39
The “Contribution School”: The Illusory Search for Completeness 41
The “Enlightenment School”: Were They All Real Italians? 46
1 Early Relations between the Italian Peninsula and North America: Codfish, Leghorn, and Genoa, 1744–1839 52
The Codfish Networks, 1766–85 55
Leghorn, 1744–88 58
Genoa, 1759–1839 65
2 Early Relations between the Italian Peninsula and North America: Naples, Turin, Venice, Trieste, and Milan, 1761–1825 81
Naples and Sicily, 1778–1809 82
Turin and Piedmont, 1777–1825 92
Venice and Trieste, 1761–96 96
Milan and Lombardy, 1784–1824 100
3 Rome, the Italian Peninsula’s Most International Capital: Students, Consuls, and Distinguished Visitors, 1788–1848 109
Two American Young Men in the Eternal City, 1788–97 110
Sartori’s Double Allegiance: Roman and American Consul, 1793–1841 115
Cicognani: Rome’s Trusted American Consul, 1810–48 122
Literary Legacy: Thayer, Plessis, and Grassi, 1783–1820 128
4 Rome: Priests across the Ocean and the Extent of Romanization, 1801–1836 134
Rome’s Catholic Priests Go to North America: Their Background and Heritage, 1801–30 135
North American Priests in Rome: Competing Networks, 1815–30 145
The Moulding of a North American Catholic Elite: The Urban College, 1815–36 158
The Moulding of a North American Catholic Elite: The Roman College, 1818–29 166
5 North Atlantic Networks of Trade and Religion: Leghorn and Filippo Filicchi, 1788–1816 170
Filippo Filicchi’s and Antonio Filicchi’s Role in Leghorn’s Political and Economic Life, 1788–1840 171
Filippo Filicchi’s Early Life and Career, 1763–85 173
Filippo Filicchi’s Two Visits to the United States, 1785–8 and 1789–90 176
Filippo Filicchi: Leghorn’s Trusted American Consul, 1794–8 178
Networks of People and Interests: The Seton-Bayley-Curson Extended Family, 1784–1857 180
Networks of People and Interests: Filippo Filicchi, Antonio Filicchi, and the American Catholics, 1785–1842 184
6 Antonio Filicchi’s Business and Personal Networks across the North Atlantic, 1816–1847 192
People, Goods, and Ideas in Antonio Filicchi’s Activities, 1816–47 194
The Entrepreneur: Vito Viti, 1828–41 197
The Scientist: Carlo L. Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano, 1828–39 206
Merchants and Traders, 1828–41 210
Artists and Kin, 1828–41 214
7 Angelo Inglesi, from Rome with Love: The Ultimate Scoundrel Priest in North America, c. 1795–1825 220
Inglesi’s European Background and Arrival in Quebec City, 1795–1819 221
Louisiana: Inglesi Enthrals Bishop Dubourg, 1819–20 222
Louisiana: Early Doubts Creep In, 1822–3 224
Europe: Inglesi’s Fundraising Tour, 1820–1 226
Rome: Inglesi, a Man Sent by Providence, 1821 227
Rome and Umbria: Suspicions and Reality, 1821 228
From Tuscany to France: Inglesi Retraces His Steps, 1822–3 230
Philadelphia: Joining the Hogan Schism, 1823 235
Philadelphia to Haiti: Inglesi’s Ignominious End, 1824–5 238
Inglesi’s Last Supporters: Father Rese and Consul General Deabbate in Defence of a “Son of Italy,” 1823–4 240
Conclusion: Lives of Non-illustrious Men 245
List of Tables 254
Notes 256
Bibliography 416
Archival Sources 416
Printed Sources 418
Index 476

"Long before the mid-nineteenth century, hundreds, if not thousands of people were constantly moving between the United States and British North America and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing. Based on a vast and in-depth examination of newly-found personal and commercial correspondence, Blurred Nationalities is a major addition to the study of transatlantic mobility and migration between North America and the Italian peninsula. Blurred Nationalities challenges the idea that the level of national origin, for instance, Italianness, comprises the most only significant feature of this group's identity, revealing the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges."-- Résumé de l'éditeur

"Long before the mid-nineteenth century, hundreds, if not thousands of people were constantly moving between the United States and British North America and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing. Based on a vast and in-depth examination of newly-found personal and commercial correspondence, Blurred Nationalities is a major addition to the study of transatlantic mobility and migration between North America and the Italian peninsula. Blurred Nationalities challenges the idea that the level of national origin, for instance, Italianness, comprises the most only significant feature of this group's identity, revealing the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges."-- Provided by publisher

<P>Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were frequently moving between North America – specifically, the United States and British North America – and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice, and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests, and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing.</P> <P><I>Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic</I>&nbsp;challenges the idea that national origin – for instance, Italianness – constitutes the only significant feature of a group’s identity, revealing instead the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges. </P>

Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were constantly moving between the United States and British North America and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice, and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests, and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing.
Blurred Nationalities challenges the idea that national origin, for instance, Italianness, comprises the only significant feature of a groups identity, and reveals instead the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges.

A new examination of transatlantic mobility between early North America and the Italian peninsula. Based on a vast array of previously untapped archival sources, this book shows the international outlook and the multifaceted personalities of its protagonists.

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