Wheeling's Polonia: Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town
(Part of the West Virginia and Appalachia Series)
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William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish-American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, while shifting from urban historians' traditional focus on large cities to a case study in a smaller Appalachian setting...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1949199401
ISBN13:9781949199406
Release Date:March 2020
Publisher:West Virginia University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
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