Streetcar parishes : Slovak immigrants build their nonlocal communities, 1890-1945 /

Streetcar parishes : Slovak immigrants build their nonlocal communities, 1890-1945 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zecker, Robert, 1962-
Imprint:	Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, c2010.
Description:	329 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Slovak Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Slovak Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Slovak Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Ethnic identity. Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century. Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. Community life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Social networks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Community life. Ethnic relations. Immigrants. Slovak Americans -- Social conditions. Social networks. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8123069

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ISBN:	9781575911359 (alk. paper) 1575911353 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Slovaks at Home: The Case for a Translocal Community in Upper Hungary
3. Port of Arrival: Philadelphia
4. Neighborhoods: Slovak Partial Communities
5. Slovak Churches: Building Blocks of Community
6. ôI Guess We Just Dealt with the Slovaksö: Fraternal Clubs and Slovak American Identity
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index