Polish American History before 1939

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The book depicts the relations between the Polish migrants and members of other ethnic groups - in the streets, public spaces, in politics, and within the Catholic church. People lived in pluri-cultural, culturally diverse contexts, thus relations with "the others" were complex. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Seasonal Migrations To Departures To "Hameryka." 2. Establishing Polish-American Neighborhoods 3. 'We Have Had Enough Of The Over-Praised American Freedom' -- Work And "Americanization" From The Bottom Up 4. Love And Anger: Private Lives Behind Closed Doors 5. Polonia Parishes, Parishioners And The American Roman Catholic Church, 1854-1939 6. Constructing Identity And Charting Ethnic Boundaries: Polonia's Organizations And Societies 7. We're Polish? Children And Youth At School And In The Streets 8. Crescendo: From The Great War To Great Post-War Changes: 1914-1924 9. Two Decades Of Change: The Roaring Twenties, Mass Consumption And The Great Depression 10. (Re)Shaping Identity After The Great War