History of the Polish Americans

Name: History of the Polish Americans
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ISBN: 9781412806800

ISBN-10: 1412806801

ISBN-13: 9781412806800

Edition: 2008

Authors: John J. Bukowczyk, John Bukowczyk, John Bukowczyk, John Bukowczyk

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In the last, rootless decade families, neighborhoods, and communities have disintegrated in the face of gripping social, economic, and technological changes. This process has had mixed results. On the positive side, it has produced a mobile, volatile, and dynamic society in the United States that is perhaps more open, just, and creative than ever before. On the negative side, it has dissolved the glue that bound our society together and has destroyed many of the myths, symbols, values, and beliefs that provided social direction and purpose. In A History of the Polish Americans, John J. Bukowczyk provides a thorough account of the Polish experience in America and how some cultural bonds…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 234
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

John J. Bukowczyk is professor of history at Wayne State University. He is author or editor of four books and author of numerous journal articles. He is also editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History.



Introduction to the Transaction Edition


Preface


Pronunciation of Polish Names



From Hunger, "for Bread": Rural Poland in the Throes of Change



To Field, Mine, and Factory: Work and Family in Polish America



Hands Clasped, Fists Clenched: Unity and Strife in the Immigrant Community



Continuity and Change in the 19205 and 19308: From Polish to Polish-American



The Decline of the Urban Ethnic Enclave: Polish America Transformed, WW Il-Present



What Is a Polish-American? The Revival of Ethnic Identity



Vanguard or Rearguard? Ethnic Politics in Mass Society


Epilogue: Polish-American Ethnicity-Its Meaning and Its Future


Bibliographical Essay


Notes


Index