TY - BOOK AU - McCook,Brian Joseph ED - Project Muse. TI - The borders of integration: Polish migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 T2 - Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series SN - 9780821443514 AV - DD801.R8 M35 2011 U1 - 304.8/4355043809034 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Athens PB - Ohio University Press KW - Community life KW - Pennsylvania KW - History KW - Germany KW - Ruhr River Valley KW - Coal miners KW - Immigrants KW - Polish Americans KW - Cultural assimilation KW - Polish people KW - Ethnic relations KW - Ruhr River Valley (Germany) 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780821443514/ ER -