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Immigration to the United States
Immigrants
W. Scott Ingram
Robert Asher, Ph.D., General Editor
Polish
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Immigration to the United States: Polish Immigrants
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Ingram, Scott.
Polish immigrants / W. Scott Ingram, Robert Asher.
p. cm. — (Immigration to the United States)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8160-5686-2
1. Polish Americans—History—Juvenile literature. 2. Immigrants—United States—
History—Juvenile literature. 3. Polish Americans—Juvenile literature. I. Asher, Robert.
II. Title. III. Series.
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Preface to the Series A Nation of Immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction Polish Immigration:
Seeking a Better Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter One Early Immigration:
The First Polish Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter Two The First Great Wave:
Poles Leave the Homeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter Three The New Century:
Polish Immigrants in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter Four War and Depression:
1914–1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter Five War and Communism:
Poland in Turmoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter Six Postwar Polish Americans:
Assimilation Continues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter Seven Modern Polonia:
1980–Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Time Line of
Polish Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Preface to the Series
A Nation
of Immigrants
Robert Asher, Ph.D.
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