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This history of Ukrainian immigrants in Michigan and their American descendants examines both the choices people made and the social forces that impelled their decision to migrate and to make new homes in the state. Michigan's Ukrainians came in four waves, each unique in time and character, beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing in the twenty-first. Detroit attracted many of them with the opportunities it offered in its booming automobile industry. Yet others put down roots in cities and towns across the state. Wherever they settled, they established churches and community centers and continued to practice the customs of their homeland.
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Paul M. Hedeen is an award-winning professor and writer and a 2008 Fulbright scholar. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including the
North American Review,
Confrontation Magazine, Rosebud, Philosophy and Literature. His recent books include
The Butterfly (2019) and
Under a Night Sky (2016). He lives in Monroe, Michigan, with his wife Maryna and daughters Marta and Nina.
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This history of Ukrainian immigrants in Michigan and their American descendants examines both the choices people made and the social forces that impelled their decisions to migrate and to make new homes in the state.
