John. J. Bukowczyk

A History of the Polish Americans

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides an account of the Polish experience in America and how some cultural bonds loosened. This book explains historical reasons that led Polish people to come to America, the experience of the first wave of immigrants, the identity problem of second-generation Poles, and the kind of institutions that Polonia established in America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781138518292
• ISBN-10: 1138518298
• Artikelnr.: 69946639

Autorenporträt

John.J. Bukowczyk

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION
PREFACE
PRONUNCIATION OF POLISH NAMES
1. From Hunger
"for Bread": Rural Poland in the Throes of Change
2. To Field
Mine
and Factory: Work and Family in Polish America
3. Hands Clasped
Fists Clenched: Unity and Strife in the Immigrant Community
4. Continuity and Change in the 19205 and 19308: From Polish to Polish-American
5. The Decline of the Urban Ethnic Enclave: Polish America Transformed
WW Il-Present
6. What Is a Polish-American?
The Revival of Ethnic Identity
7. Vanguard or Rearguard?
Ethnic Politics in Mass Society
Epilogue. Polish-American Ethnicity-Its Meaning and Its Future
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
NOTES
INDEX