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Author : Konštantín Čulen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 0965193225
Hardcover book with Dusk jacket cover (front and back) depicting scenes of Slovak life in America. The dust jacket has not yet been designed.
Author : M. Mark Stolárik
Publisher : New York : Chelsea House
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Slovak Americans
ISBN : 0791002780
Author : Joseph Stasko
Publisher : Cambridge, Ont. : Dobrá kniha
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Slovak Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015008481254
Author : Robert M. Fasiang,Robert Magruder
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1531669409
The story of Slovak Americans in Chicagoland is a tale of the American dream. In a few short years, emigrants from Slovakia with little to their names came to the United States and succeeded beyond their highest hopes. This fascinating story of "rags to riches" has been documented in historical photographs in Images of America: Slovaks of Chicagoland. Many Slovaks came to America with few assets, no more than a sixth-grade education, and no knowledge of the English language. They went to school and became naturalized citizens. Many took menial jobs in stockyards, steel mills, and oil refineries. They saved their money and opened grocery stores, banks, construction firms, and other businesses. Slovaks built beautiful churches, quality schools, and recreational facilities. They raised their families to be proud Americans and incorporated traditions from Slovakia into their daily lives, including the important role of religion.
Author : M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 3034311699
Between 1870 and 2010 over half a million Slovaks migrated to the USA and Canada. As other ethnic groups from East Central Europe, they headed principally to the industrial triangle of the USA and to central Canada's cities in search of work. Finding themselves in strange surroundings, they quickly established institutions that helped them to survive in a capitalist economy and to also preserve their religion, language and culture. As for many other ethnic groups, the border between the USA and Canada was to them irrelevant. Slovaks crossed it according to economic need and stayed in touch with each other. Meanwhile, they also remained in touch with their families in Europe and helped their people to survive Magyarization in Austria-Hungary, to achieve self-determination in the new Republic of Czechoslovakia and, finally, independence.<BR> For the first time ever, the author has told the epic story of Slovak immigration to North America. Based upon forty years of archival and library research, supplemented by the life histories of over two dozen families scattered across the USA and Canada, and lavishly illustrated, this book will satisfy both academics and the general public who have long been waiting for a comprehensive history of this significant member of the family of Slavic nations.
Author : Peter P. Jurchak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Czechoslovakia
ISBN : UVA:X001405278
Author : Kenneth Dexter Miller
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0353079596
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James J. Zatko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Slovaks
ISBN : UVA:X001465178
Author : Lisa A. Alzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738549088
No other city in the United States is home to more Slovaks than Pittsburgh. It is estimated that close to 100,000 Slovak immigrants came to the area in the 1890s looking for work and the chance for a better life. The hills and valleys of this new land reminded newcomers of the farms, forests, and mountains they left behind. They lived in neighborhoods close to their work, forming numerous cluster communities in such places as Braddock, Duquesne, Homestead, Munhall, the North Side, Rankin, and Swissvale. Once settled, Slovak immigrants founded their own churches, schools, fraternal benefit societies, and social clubs. Many of these organizations still enjoy an active presence in Pittsburgh today, serving to pass on the customs and traditions of the Slovak people. Through nearly 200 photographs, Slovak Pittsburgh celebrates the lives of those Slovaks who settled in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, and the rich heritage that is their legacy.
Author : George J. Kovtun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0844408905
Author : Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Slovakia
ISBN : UVA:X002602506
A history of Slovakia from prehistory to the 1990s. It includes a description of the development of a Slovakian consciousness, from the 19th century under the colonial rule of the Hungarians, through the merger into Czechoslovakia, Nazi-sponsored independence, the Russian invasion and independence.
Author : Stephen Szabados
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1675651043
When did your Czech or Slovak ancestors immigrate, where did they leave, why did they leave, how did they get here? This book is a wonderful resource. The author hopes you find the answer to some of these questions in this book. This book discusses the history of their homeland and gives some insights to possible answers to the questions about your ancestors' immigration. The book also presents brief histories of most of the ports that were used by your immigrants for departure from Europe and the ports where they arrived. Also covered are details of life in steerage during the voyage and the process of examination of the immigrants to gain admittance to the United States.
Author : M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher : New York : AMS Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038578030
Author : Mikuláš Teich,Dušan Kováč,Martin D. Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139494946
Until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia's identity seemed inextricably linked with that of the former state. This book explores the key moments and themes in the history of Slovakia from the Duchy of Nitra's ninth-century origins to the establishment of independent Slovakia at midnight 1992–3. Leading scholars chart the gradual ethnic awakening of the Slovaks during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and examine how Slovak national identity took shape with the codification of standard literary Slovak in 1843 and the subsequent development of the Slovak national movement. They show how, after a thousand years of Magyar-Slovak coexistence, Slovakia became part of the new Czechoslovak state from 1918–39, and shed new light on its role as a Nazi client state as well as on the postwar developments leading up to full statehood in the aftermath of the collapse of communism in 1989. There is no comparable book in English on the subject.
Author : Gregory Curtis Ference
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0945636598
As the war continued, emphasis changed to focus on assisting the Slovaks only. Collections of goods and money were taken, and a representative was sent to Canada to help gain the release of Slovaks imprisoned as enemy aliens. Citing the Canadian example, Slovak American leaders urged their compatriots to become American citizens. Last, the war caught the Slovaks in the United States by surprise. Their political program centered on gaining equal rights in Hungary through legal means, but a small group advocated instead a Czecho-Slovak solution. Although the Czecho-Slovak concept gained momentum, many Slovaks feared that they would lose their ethnic identity. Cooperation initially did not occur in the United States. When a Parisian organization of Czechs and Slovaks expressed its willingness to recognize the individuality of the Slovak people, the American Slovaks quickly supported it. An icy reception, however, by American Czechs destroyed any common ground.