Title: Polish Americans
First published: 1995
Description: In this history of "Polonia" - the community of Polish immigrants and their descendants residing in America - James S. Pula defines what it has meant to be Polish in America since the first large groups of Poles left the Old Country - what they called Stary Kraj - for the New more than 150 years ago.

The Polish American community has long been identified with three characteristics that the early immigrants brought with them to America, writes Pula: "an affection and concern for their ancestral homeland, a deep religious faith, and a sense of shared cultural values." Prominent among these values are family loyalty, a desire for property ownership, and pride in self-sufficiency.

Throughout the book Pula returns to these themes as Polish Americans have played them out against the backdrop of Polish and American history.
Subjects: Polish Americans, History, Polish Americans -- History
LC classification: E184.P7 P87 1995