Tag: Emigration

  • Old Calabria: The Benefits of Emigration

    Old Calabria: The Benefits of Emigration

    [ad_1] While there’s a lot of recent discussion about the impact of immigration, Americans often overlook the effects of emigration. Norman Douglas traveled extensively in southern Italy during the early 1900s and wrote a book entitled Old Calabria.  At one point he discussed how emigration was transforming Italy, which at the time was quite poor:…