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Author:

Zecker, Robert, 1962-

Title:

Streetcar parishes : Slovak immigrants build their nonlocal communities, 1890-1945 / Robert M. Zecker.

Publisher:

Susquehanna University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

329 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slovak Americans--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Social conditions--19th century.
Slovak Americans--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Social conditions--20th century.
Slovak Americans--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Ethnic identity.
Immigrants--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
Immigrants--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
Community life--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History.
Social networks--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.285-308) and index.

Contents:

Slovaks at home : the case for a translocal community in Upper Hungary -- Port of arrival : Philadelphia -- Neighborhoods : Slovak partial communities -- Slovak churches : building blocks of community -- "I guess we just dealt with the Slovaks" : fraternal clubs and Slovak American identity.

ISBN:

1575911353 (alk. paper)
9781575911359 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)477271544

LCCN:

2009050082

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)