The Polish American Encyclopedia

Author : James S. Pula
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 147669141X

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The Polish American Encyclopedia by James S. Pula Pdf

At least nine million Americans trace their roots to Poland, and Polish Americans have contributed greatly to American history and society. During the largest period of immigration to the United States, between 1870 and 1920, more Poles came to the United States than any other national group except Italians. Additional large-scale Polish migration occurred in the wake of World War II and during the period of Solidarity's rise to prominence. This encyclopedia features three types of entries: thematic essays, topical entries, and biographical profiles. The essays synthesize existing work to provide interpretations of, and insight into, important aspects of the Polish American experience. The topical entries discuss in detail specific places, events or organizations such as the Polish National Alliance, Polish American Saturday Schools, and the Latimer Massacre, among others. The biographical entries identify Polish Americans who have made significant contributions at the regional or national level either to the history and culture of the United States, or to the development of American Polonia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:37044737

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Polish American Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francis Bolek,Ladislaus J. Siekaniec
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Polish people
ISBN : WISC:89060425931

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Polish American Encyclopedia by Francis Bolek,Ladislaus J. Siekaniec Pdf

Author : James S. Pula
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780786462223

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The Polish American Encyclopedia by James S. Pula Pdf

At least nine million Americans trace their roots to Poland, and Polish Americans have contributed greatly to American history and society. During the largest period of immigration to the United States, between 1870 and 1920, more Poles came to the United States than any other national group except Italians. Additional large-scale Polish migration occurred in the wake of World War II and during the period of Solidarity's rise to prominence. This encyclopedia features three types of entries: thematic essays, topical entries, and biographical profiles. The essays synthesize existing work to provide interpretations of, and insight into, important aspects of the Polish American experience. The topical entries discuss in detail specific places, events or organizations such as the Polish National Alliance, Polish American Saturday Schools, and the Latimer Massacre, among others. The biographical entries identify Polish Americans who have made significant contributions at the regional or national level either to the history and culture of the United States, or to the development of American Polonia.

Author : Joanna Wojdon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040031056

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Polish American History after 1939 by Joanna Wojdon Pdf

This book is the second in a three-part, multi-authored study of Polish American history which aims to present the history of Polish Americans in the United States from the beginning of Polish presence on the continent to the current times, shown against a broad historical background of developments in Poland, the United States and other locations of the Polish Diaspora. According to the 2010 US Census, there are 9.5 million persons who identify themselves as Polish Americans in the United States, making them the eighth largest ethnic group in the country today. Polish Americans, or Polonia for short, has always been one of the largest immigrant and ethnic groups and the largest Slavic group in America. Despite that, common knowledge about its social and political life, culture and economy is still inadequate – in Academia and among the Polish Americans themselves. The book discusses the major themes in Polish American history, such as organizational life and the structure of the community facing subsequent waves of immigration from Poland, its leadership and political involvement in Polish and American affairs, as well as living and working conditions, and the everyday life of families and communities, their culture, ethnic identity and relations with the broadly understood American society, starting from the outbreak of World War 2 in Poland in September, 1939, and ending with the highlights of the 21st-century developments. It depicts Polish Americans’ transition from a ‘minority’ through ‘ethnic’ group to Americans who take pride in their symbolic ethnicity, maintained intentionally and manifested occasionally. This volume will be of great value to students and scholars alike interested in Polish and American History and Social and Cultural History.

Author : Central Archives of American Polonia in Orchard Lake,Roman Nir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015071205788

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Catalog of the Polish American Archives at Orchard Lake by Central Archives of American Polonia in Orchard Lake,Roman Nir Pdf

Author : Amy H. Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442278783

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Encyclopedia of Local History by Amy H. Wilson Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. This encyclopedia provides both the casual browser and the dedicated historian with adept commentary by bringing the voices of over one hundred experts together in one place. Entries include: ·Terms specifically related to the everyday practice of interpreting local history in the United States, such as “African American History,” “City Directories,” and “Latter-Day Saints.” ·Historical and documentary terms applied to local history such as “Abstract,” “Culinary History,” and “Diaries.” ·Detailed entries for major associations and institutions that specifically focus on their usage in local history projects, such as “Library of Congress” and “Society of American Archivists” ·Entries for every state and Canadian province covering major informational sources critical to understanding local history in that region. ·Entries for every major immigrant group and ethnicity. Brand-new to this edition are critical topics covering both the practice of and major current areas of research in local history such as “Digitization,” “LGBT History,” museum theater,” and “STEM education.” Also new to this edition are graphics, including 48 photographs. Overseen by a blue-ribbon Editorial Advisory Board (Anne W. Ackerson, James D. Folts, Tim Grove, Carol Kammen, and Max A. van Balgooy) this essential reference will be frequently consulted in academic libraries with American and Canadian history programs, public libraries supporting local history, museums, historic sites and houses, and local archives in the U.S. and Canada. This third edition is the first to include photographs.

Author : John J. Bukowczyk
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822973218

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Polish Americans and Their History by John J. Bukowczyk Pdf

"These richly detailed, readable essays come at a propitious time. For despite all the talk in the academy of 'multiculturalism,' the Poles presence on the American scene is still too often neglected." --Anthony Bukoski, University of Wisconsin, SuperiorThis rich collection brings together the work of eight leading scholars to examine the history of Polish-American workers, women, families, and politics.Contributors: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, Andrzej Brozek, William G. Falkowski, William J. Galush, Thaddeus C. Radzilowski, Daniel Stone, and Anna D. Jaroszynska-KirchmannJohn J. Bukowczyk is professor of history at Wayne State University and author of And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish Americans.

Author : John.J. Bukowczyk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351535205

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A History of the Polish Americans by John.J. Bukowczyk Pdf

In the last, rootless decade families, neighborhoods, and communities have disintegrated in the face of gripping social, economic, and technological changes. Th is 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 loosened, as well as the ways in which others persisted.

Author : Adam Walaszek
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000963991

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Polish American History before 1939 by Adam Walaszek Pdf

The history of private lives of the first and second generations of Polish immigrants in the United States is viewed from the perspective of migrants themselves. What did the migrants do? How did they behave? How protagonists (men, women, children) with their own words presented their experience? Their experience is compared with one of the other groups. The book discusses migration processes, formation of neighborhoods, experiences at work, daily and family lives, functioning of parishes and tensions related to it, and construction of people’s identities and their constant reformulations. Migrants created mutual-aid societies, which played not only economic, but also ideological and political roles. Experiences of immigrants’ children at home and at school are presented, mostly in their own words and from their own perspective. Cultural activities reflect constant changes of groups’ self-identity. The book also depicts the relations between the Polish migrants and members of other ethnic groups – in the streets, public spaces, politics, and within the Catholic church. People lived in pluri-cultural, culturally diverse, contexts, and thus relations with “the others” were complex. The panorama ended in the year 1939, when after the Great Depression, the group entered into a new period of transformation during the war.

Author : Francis Bolek,Ladislaus J. Siekaniec
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Polish Americans
ISBN : OSU:32435027165414

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Polish American Encyclopedia by Francis Bolek,Ladislaus J. Siekaniec Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739188736

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Letters from Readers in the Polish American Press, 1902–1969 by Anonim Pdf

A Corner for Everybody is a unique collection of close to five hundred letters from Polish American readers, which were published in the Polish-language weekly Ameryka-Echo between 1902 and 1969. In these letters, Polish immigrants speak in their own words about their American experience, and vigorously debate religion, organization of their community, ethnic identity, American politics and society, and ties to the homeland. The translated letters are annotated and divided into thematic chapters with informative introductions. Polish Americans formed one of the largest European immigrant groups in the United States and their community (Polonia) developed a vibrant Polish-language press, which tied together networks of readers in the entire Polish immigrant Diaspora. Newspaper editors encouraged their readers to write to the press and provided them with public space to exchange their views and opinions, and share thoughts and reflections. Ameryka-Echo, a weekly published from Toledo, Ohio, was one of the most popular and long-lasting newspapers with international circulation. For seven decades, Ameryka-Echo sustained a number of sections based on readers’ correspondence, but the most popular of them was a “Corner for Everybody,” which featured thousands of letters on a variety of topics. The readers eagerly discussed everything from occurrences in local communities, to issues paramount to the formation of their ethnic identity and assimilation, church, religion, gender, politics, relations with new immigrant waves, and other ethnic groups. The letter-writers debated the American labor movement and strikes, described hardships of the Great Depression and World War II, and argued about American domestic politics, and foreign policy. They also keenly followed changes in their homeland and called for work on behalf of the Polish nation. The Ameryka-Echo letters are a rich source of information on the history of Polish Americans, which can serve as primary sources for students and scholars. They also provide a new, fascinating, and lively look into the passions and experiences of individuals who created the larger American historical experience.

Author : Joseph Anthony Wytrwal
Publisher : Detroit : Endurance Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Polish Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015033960850

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Behold! The Polish-Americans by Joseph Anthony Wytrwal Pdf

A history of the Polish-Americans and their influence on American history and culture.

Author : Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann,James S. Pula
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003802082

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Polish American Voices by Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann,James S. Pula Pdf

This volume presents 145 primary source documents of Polish immigrants from different waves and backgrounds speaking about their lives, concerns, and viewpoints in their own voices, while they grapple with issues of identity and strive to make sense of their lives in the context of migration. Poles have come to America since the Jamestown settlement in 1608 and constituted one of the largest immigrant groups at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. As of 2020, the Census Bureau lists them as the sixth largest ethnic group in the country. The history of their experience is an integral part of the American story as well as that of the broader Polish diaspora. Each of the ten comprehensive chapters presents a specific theme illuminated by a selection of letters, press articles, fragments of memoirs and autobiographical fiction, interviews, organizational papers, and other publications, as well as visual sources such as cartoons, posters, and photographs. Brief introductions to the documents and a "Further Reading" section offer historical context and point readers to additional resources. The book provides students and scholars with a broad understanding and an incentive for future study of the Polish experience in the United States.

Author : Anna D Jaroszynska-Kirchmann
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252097072

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The Polish Hearst by Anna D Jaroszynska-Kirchmann Pdf

Arriving in the U.S. in 1883, typesetter Antoni A. Paryski founded a publishing empire that earned him the nickname "The Polish Hearst." His weekly Ameryka-Echo became a defining publication in the international Polish diaspora and its much-read letters section a public sphere for immigrants to come together as a community to discuss issues in their own language. Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann mines seven decades' worth of thoughts expressed by Ameryka-Echo readers to chronicle the ethnic press's long-overlooked role in the immigrant experience. Open and unedited debate harkened back to homegrown journalistic traditions, and The Polish Hearst opens the door on the nuances of an editorial philosophy that cultivated readers as important content creators. As Jaroszynska-Kirchmann shows, ethnic publications in the process forged immigrant social networks and pushed notions of education and self-improvement throughout Polonia.