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1 online resource (x, 89 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Discovering the peoples of Michigan |
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Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
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SIDEBARS; Introduction; South Slav Migrations in European History; Croatians; Why They Left and Where They Settled; Croatia; Fledgling Organizations and Croat Enclaves; Beliefs and Prejudice; Social and Political Needs; Religion and Culture; Serbians and Montenegrins; Past and Present; Causes of Migration and Settlement; Serbia; Serbian Communities in Michigan; Religion; Organizations and Culture; Slovenians; Settling Michigan's Frontier; The Lure of Michigan and the Early Pioneers; Slovenia; Fraternal Societies and Newspapers; The Church and Ethnic Identity; Macedonians |
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History of the HomelandCauses of Immigration and Settlement; Macedonia; Organizations and Politics; Religious and Cultural Life; Bosnian Muslims; Origins; Causes of Immigration and Settlement; Bosnia; Organizations and Social Life; Personal Histories; South Slavs in Flint; Conclusion; South Slav Recipes; Notes; For Further Reference; Index |
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The South Slavs of Michigan-Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Macedonians, and Bosnian Muslims-are a microcosm of the immigration waves of southern and eastern Europeans who came to the United States between 1880 and 1924. History has almost forgotten these immigrants, who were instrumental in developing the large urban centers of Michigan and the United States, and who specifically contributed to development of the auto industry and struck in 1913-1914 for better working conditions in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula. While labor problems were the primary obstacles confronting Michig |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-82) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Slavic Americans -- Michigan -- History
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Slavic Americans -- Michigan -- Social conditions
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Immigrants -- Michigan -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants
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Slavic Americans
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Social conditions.
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Michigan -- Ethnic relations
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Michigan -- Social conditions
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Michigan
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780870139024 |
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0870139029 |
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9781628961744 |
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1628961740 |
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