Steelton - (Regional) by John Bodnar (Paperback)

Name: Steelton - (Regional) by John Bodnar (Paperback)
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A study of the immigrants who flocked to this Central Pennsylvania steel town in the late nineteenth century in search of employment.
About the Author: John Bodnar is Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor, Department of History at Indiana University in Bloomington.
240 Pages
Social Science, Anthropology
Series Name: Regional

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A study of the immigrants who flocked to this Central Pennsylvania steel town in the late nineteenth century in search of employment. Comprised primarily of Southern blacks and Eastern European immigrants, they formed the lower class of this town. Analyzes the social structure and dominance of the white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant elite.

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[Bodnar's] analysis of Slavic-American community life, and his descriptions of both limited ethnic mobility and its disastrous effect on Steelton's blacks, make this a significant contribution to twentieth-century social history.-- "Journal of Interdisciplinary Study"

One of the best and most carefully researched studies of Slavic workers in an industrial city. A sound, scholarly analysis of ethnicity in one American mill town.-- "The Journal of American History"

About the Author

John Bodnar is Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor, Department of History at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.38 Inches (W) x .54 Inches (D)

Weight: .62 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 240

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Anthropology

Series Title: Regional

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Theme: Cultural & Social

Format: Paperback

Author: John Bodnar

Language: English

Street Date: November 15, 1997

TCIN: 1001920353

UPC: 9780822960935

Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-7424

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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