Polish Americans
By: by Meg Greene.
Series: Immigrants in America
Publisher: Lucent Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Polish Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Polish Americans -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Polish Americans.; Immigrants.; Poland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Emigration and immigration.; Poland -- Emigration and immigration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Reviews the reasons why millions of Poles have immigrated to America, what their passage was like, the kind of jobs most found, communities they formed, and the discrimination they faced.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stary kraj (the old country); title: Looking across the ocean; title: To America; title: The golden door to America; title: To work; title: Polonia; title: Trying to fit in.