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Author:

McCook, Brian Joseph, 1973-

Title:

The borders of integration : Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 / Brian McCook.

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xviii, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Polish people--History.--Ruhr River Valley--Ruhr River Valley--History.
Polish Americans--History.--Pennsylvania--History.
Immigrants--Ruhr River Valley--Ruhr River Valley--History.
Immigrants--Pennsylvania--History.
Coal miners--Ruhr River Valley--Ruhr River Valley--History.
Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History.
Community life--Ruhr River Valley--Ruhr River Valley--History.
Community life--Pennsylvania--History.
Ruhr River Valley (Germany)--Ethnic relations.
Pennsylvania--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Migration and citizenship in a globalizing world -- Migration and settlement : building Polish communities in the Ruhr and northeastern Pennsylvania -- The face of mining : the coal industry in the Ruhr and northeastern Pennsylvania -- Breaking barriers : Polish entry into the mines -- Becoming mining men : Polish integration within the workforce -- Divided hearts, divided faith : Poles and the Catholic Church -- Challenging state and society : the "Polish question" and the rise of Polish ethnic associations -- War and Polish communities transformed, 1914-24 -- Conclusion: Determining the borders of integration.

Series:

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

ISBN:

0821443518 (electronic)
9780821443514 (electronic)
0821419269 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780821419267 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0821419250 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780821419250 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)495778681

LCCN:

2010050771

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)