The Borders of Integration - Polish Migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924

Informationen zum Autor Brian McCook is a senior lecturer in history and politics at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation! the Social Science Research Council! the German Historical Institute! the Kosciuszko Foundation! and the Woodrow Wilson Center. Klappentext The issues of immigration and integration are at the forefront of contemporary politics. Yet debates over foreign workers and the desirability of their incorporation into European and American societies too often are discussed without a sense of history. McCook's examination questions static assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago! highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Further! his research shows the complexity of attitudes toward immigration in Germany and the United States! challenging historical myths surrounding German national identity and the American "melting pot." Zusammenfassung A comparative study of Polish migrants in the Ruhr Valley and in northeastern Pennsylvania! The Borders of Integration questions assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago! highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration debates.

Product details

• Authors: Brian McCook
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2010
• EAN: 9780821419267
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1926-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Ohio University Press Polish a; Polish and Polish-American Studies Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories