Polish Americans : an ethnic community
James S. Pula (Author)
In this history of "Polonia"--The community of Polish immigrants and their descendants residing in America - James S. Pula defines what it has meant to be Polish in America since the first large groups of Poles left the Old Country - what they called Stary Kraj - for the New more than 150 years ago. The Polish American community has long been identified with three characteristics that the early immigrants brought with them to America, writes Pula: "an affection and concern for their ancestral homeland, a deep religious faith, and a sense of shared cultural values." Prominent among these values are family loyalty, a desire for property ownership, and pride in self-sufficiency. Throughout the book Pula returns to these themes as Polish Americans have played them out against the backdrop of Polish and American history
Print Book, English, 1995
Twayne Publishers, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan ; Prentice Hall International, New York, London, 1995
History
xi, 181 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
9780805784275, 9780805784381, 0805784276, 0805784381
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