LEADER 04173nam 22006135 450 001 9911034962203321 005 20251016130550.0 010 $a3-032-03507-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-03507-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32362576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32362576 035 $a(CKB)41653802800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-03507-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941653802800041 100 $a20251016d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRomanian Ethnic Organizations in the United States $eHeritage, Legacy and Identity in the Early 20th Century /$fby Raluca-Nicoleta Rogoveanu 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (229 pages) 225 1 $aSocial Sciences Series 311 08$a3-032-03506-6 327 $aChapter 1 The Journey Begins: A Roadmap to the Themes Ahead -- Chapter 2 Mapping Concepts Ethnicity Identity Memory and Heritage -- Chapter 3A Possible Chronology of the Romanian Immigration to the United States -- Chapter 4 Voices Across Borders A Brief Overview of Scholarly Literature on Romanian Americans -- Chapter 5 New Horizons The Early Romanian-American Experience -- Chapter 6 Ethnic Associations: Concepts and Perspectives -- Chapter 7 The Romanian Associative Experience in the United States A Case-Study Approach -- Chapter 8 Tradition and Transformation: Institutional Growth and Internal Struggles -- Chapter 9 Political Engagements: Fighting for the Romanian Cause Abroad -- Chapter 10 From Transylvania to Pennsylvania: Romanian Heritage Celebration in America instead of Conclusions. 330 $aThis monograph brings into focus the presence and voices of Romanian-Americans in the United States by examining the role of voluntary associations in shaping identity and community life during the first four decades of the 20th century. It offers a comprehensive analysis of Romanian ethnic organizations in their diverse forms?fraternal and mutual aid societies, political clubs, cultural associations, ladies? auxiliaries and youth groups?and describes them as crucibles of the Romanian immigrant experience in the New World. The book argues that ethnic associations served as effervescent spaces of cultural interaction, which enabled members to affirm both their loyalty to Romania and their commitment to American life. Grounded in original research based on primary sources from libraries and historical societies?many of which have not been previously examined in scholarly work?this book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of Ethnic Studies, Diaspora Studies, Cultural Studies and Anthropology. Raluca-Nicoleta Rogoveanu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Ovidius University, Constan?a, Romania. She teaches and publishes in the areas of American Literature and Culture and Diaspora Studies. She was a Fulbright Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (2013), and a Balch Fellow at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (2017). In 2025, she received a Grant-in-Aid Award from the Immigration History Research Center Archives at the University of Minnesota. 410 0$aSocial Sciences Series 606 $aEthnology 606 $aCulture 606 $aEmigration and immigration 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSociocultural Anthropology 606 $aRegional Cultural Studies 606 $aDiaspora Studies 606 $aUS History 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aEmigration and immigration. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 14$aSociocultural Anthropology. 615 24$aRegional Cultural Studies. 615 24$aDiaspora Studies. 615 24$aUS History. 676 $a973.0459 700 $aRogoveanu$b Raluca-Nicoleta$01852716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034962203321 996 $aRomanian Ethnic Organizations in the United States$94448606 997 $aUNINA