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Author McCook, Brian Joseph, 1973-

Title The borders of integration : Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 / Brian McCook
Published Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index
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Subject 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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY -- General.
Coal miners
Community life
Ethnic relations
Immigrants
Polish people -- Cultural assimilation
SUBJECT Ruhr River Valley (Germany) -- Ethnic relations
Pennsylvania -- Ethnic relations
Subject Germany -- Ruhr River Valley
Pennsylvania
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821443514
0821443518
0821419269
9780821419267