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The borders of integration : Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 / Brian McCook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCook, Brian Joseph, 1973-
- Series:
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polish people--Cultural assimilation--Germany--Ruhr River Valley--History.
- Polish people.
- Polish Americans--Cultural assimilation--Pennsylvania--History.
- Polish Americans.
- Immigrants--Germany--Ruhr River Valley--History.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--History.
- Coal miners--Germany--Ruhr River Valley--History.
- Coal miners.
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History.
- Community life--Germany--Ruhr River Valley--History.
- Community life.
- Community life--Pennsylvania--History.
- Ruhr River Valley (Germany)--Ethnic relations.
- Ruhr River Valley (Germany).
- Pennsylvania--Ethnic relations.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The issues of immigration and integration are at the forefront of contemporary politics. Yet debates over foreign workers and the desirability of their incorporation into European and American societies too often are discussed without a sense of history. McCook's examination questions static assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago, highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Further, his research shows the complexity of attitudes toward immigration in Germany and the United
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821443514
- 0821443518
- OCLC:
- 728663358
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