| Polish Pittsburgh Contributor(s): States Phd, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467127191 ISBN-13: 9781467127196 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Lifestyles |
| LCCN: 2017952567 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Polish - Locality - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late 19th and early 20th century, Pittsburgh, also known as "Steel City," was the largest steel-producing center in the United States. With its need for labor in the steel industry, Pittsburgh had an insatiable hunger for workers. Polish immigrants helped meet this demand. The city of Pittsburgh, as well as the surrounding area, was a heavily ethnic environment, and significant remnants of that heritage continue. Today, there is still a city neighborhood officially designated Polish Hill (Polski Gory). This book chronicles the immigration of Poles to Pittsburgh in several waves, beginning with those from German-occupied Poland, then Russian-occupied Poland, and finally, the largest group emigrating from that section of partitioned Poland under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
Contributor Bio(s): States Phd, Stanley: - Stanley States, PhD, is a first-generation American whose father and grandparents came to Pittsburgh from Poland in the early 1900s. He has maintained his Polish heritage by attending summer programs at nearby Polish Alliance College as a teenager, dancing in Polish and Lithuanian folk groups, singing in a Polish church choir, belonging to Polish cultural organizations, and visiting his family in Poland. A true Pittsburgher, States had a 36-year career working as a chemist/microbiologist for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. |