TY - BOOK AU - McCook,Brian Joseph ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The borders of integration: Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 AV - DD801.R8 M35 2011eb U1 - 304.8/4355043809034 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Athens PB - Ohio University Press KW - Polish people KW - Cultural assimilation KW - Germany KW - Ruhr River Valley KW - History KW - Polish Americans KW - Pennsylvania KW - Immigrants KW - Coal miners KW - Community life KW - Ruhr River Valley (Germany) KW - Ethnic relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10469443 ER -