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200 14$aThe borders of integration$b[electronic resource] $ePolish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 /$fBrian McCook
210   $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (303 p.)
225 1 $aOhio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8214-1926-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: Migration and citizenship in a globalizing world -- Migration and settlement : building Polish communities in the Ruhr and northeastern Pennsylvania -- The face of mining : the coal industry in the Ruhr and northeastern Pennsylvania -- Breaking barriers : Polish entry into the mines -- Becoming mining men : Polish integration within the workforce -- Divided hearts, divided faith : Poles and the Catholic Church -- Challenging state and society : the "Polish question" and the rise of Polish ethnic associations -- War and Polish communities transformed, 1914-24 -- Conclusion: Determining the borders of integration.
330   $aThe issues of immigration and integration are at the forefront of contemporary politics. Yet debates over foreign workers and the desirability of their incorporation into European and American societies too often are discussed without a sense of history. McCook's examination questions static assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago, highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Further, his research shows the complexity of attitudes toward  immigration in Germany and the United
410  0$aOhio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
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