| South Slavs in Michigan Contributor(s): Cetinich, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870136437 ISBN-13: 9780870136436 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2003 Annotation: The South Slavs of Michigan -- Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Macedonians, and Bosnian Muslims -- are a microcosm of the immigration waves of southern and eastern Europeans who came to the United States between 1880 and 1924. History has almost forgotten these immigrants, who were instrumental in developing the large urban centers of Michigan and the United States, and who specifically contributed to development of the auto industry and struck in 1913-1914 for better working conditions in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula. While labor problems were the primary obstacles confronting Michigan's South Slavs, the painful process of acculturation has since dimmed their very real accomplishments. As Daniel Cetinich shows, South Slavs helped shape both a regional and national civilization in North America with their hands, backs, feet, and the labor organizations they helped create. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 977.400 |
| LCCN: 2002153198 |
| Series: Discovering the Peoples of Michigan |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.38" W x 8.44" (0.31 lbs) 89 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The South Slavs of Michigan--Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Macedonians, and Bosnian Muslims--are a microcosm of the immigration waves of southern and eastern Europeans who came to the United States between 1880 and 1924. History has almost forgotten these immigrants, who were instrumental in developing the large urban centers of Michigan and the United States, and who specifically contributed to development of the auto industry and struck in 1913-1914 for better working conditions in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula. While labor problems were the primary obstacles confronting Michigan's South Slavs, the painful process of acculturation has since dimmed their very real accomplishments. As Daniel Cetinich shows, South Slavs helped shape both a regional and national civilization in North America with their hands, backs, feet, and the labor organizations they helped create. |
