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The Polish Peasant in Europe and America: A Classic Work in Immigration History » (1st Edition)
Authors: William Thomas, Florian Znaniecki, Eli Zaretsky
ISBN-13: 9780252064845, ISBN-10: 0252064844
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: William Thomas
Book Synopsis
This new, abridged edition of the classic five-volume work The Polish Peasant in Europe and America brings together documents and commentary that illuminate the lives of the nearly two million Poles who emigrated to America between 1880 and 1910. The new introduction and epilogue make the book especially valuable in teaching United States history survey courses as well as immigration history and introductory sociology courses.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | ||
| Pt. 1 | The Polish Background | 1 |
| The Priest's "Confession" | 3 | |
| Letters to the Community Newspaper | 12 | |
| Pt. 2 | The Peasant Letters | 23 |
| Wroblewski Series | 26 | |
| Markiewicz Series | 39 | |
| Raczkowski Series | 51 | |
| Borkowski Series | 67 | |
| Pt. 3 | Social Disorganization in the United States | 85 |
| Meyer Family | 87 | |
| Michalski Family | 96 | |
| Pt. 4 | The Discovery of Ethnicity | 105 |
| The Polish-American Community | 107 | |
| Epilogue | 123 |
Subjects
History
European History Eastern European History
Nonfiction Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority Studies
Nonfiction Social Sciences Regional Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences Regional Studies
Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority Studies Ethnic & Minority Studies - United States
Social Sciences Regional Studies European Studies
Social Sciences Regional Studies United States Studies
Nonfiction History European History
European History Eastern European HistoryNonfiction
Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority StudiesNonfiction
Social Sciences Regional StudiesScience & Nature
Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority StudiesScience & Nature
Social Sciences Regional StudiesSocial Sciences
Ethnic & Minority Studies Ethnic & Minority Studies - United StatesSocial Sciences
Regional Studies European StudiesSocial Sciences
Regional Studies United States StudiesNonfiction
History European History
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