The Polish Community Of New Britain - Couverture souple

Shea, Jonathan; Proko, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738537659 ISBN 13 : 9780738537658

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2005

Synopsis

Factory jobs in the Hardware City of the World began attracting Polish immigrants to New Britain in the 1890s. The Poles soon became the city's largest ethnic group, centering their family, business, social, cultural, and spiritual life on Broad Street. Their Polonia was unparalleled in New England. Three parishes and dozens of organizations shared a strong commitment to Polish education, military service, political representation, and Dozynki and Dzien Zaduszny traditions. Continuing waves of immigration contributed to Polonia's ceaseless self-renewal. The Polish Community of New Britain celebrates this magnetic vitality and cultural continuity with rare photographs drawn from family albums and local archives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Shea is a New Britain native and the grandson of Polish and Irish immigrants. A professor of foreign languages, he has authored several manuals for translating genealogical documents. He is the founder of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast. Barbara Proko coauthored The Polish Community of Worcester. A writer, editor, and avid genealogist, she is the granddaughter of immigrants from Russian Poland. She researches Polish settlement in New England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738537659
• ISBN 13: 9780738537658
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible