The borders of integration [electronic resource] : Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 / Brian McCook.
Material type:
- Polish people -- Cultural assimilation -- Germany -- Ruhr River Valley -- History
- Polish Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Immigrants -- Germany -- Ruhr River Valley -- History
- Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Coal miners -- Germany -- Ruhr River Valley -- History
- Coal miners -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Community life -- Germany -- Ruhr River Valley -- History
- Community life -- Pennsylvania -- History
- Ruhr River Valley (Germany) -- Ethnic relations
- Pennsylvania -- Ethnic relations
- 304.8/4355043809034 22
- DD801.R8 M35 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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