Wheeling's Polonia : reconstructing Polish community in a West Virginia steel town /
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 t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | West Virginia and Appalachia.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781949199406 1949199401 9781949199390 1949199398 |