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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Polish Pittsburgh

Polish Pittsburgh

States, Stanley

Hardcover

Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)

General PhotographyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $32.99

ISBN10: 1540227170
ISBN13: 9781540227171
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: Nov 27 2017
Pages: 162
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Pittsburgh, also known as Steel City, was the largest steel-producing center in the United States. With its need for labor in the steel industry, Pittsburgh had an insatiable hunger for workers. Polish immigrants helped meet this demand. The city of Pittsburgh, as well as the surrounding area, was a heavily ethnic environment, and significant remnants of that heritage continue. Today, there is still a city neighborhood officially designated Polish Hill (Polski Gory). This book chronicles the immigration of Poles to Pittsburgh in several waves, beginning with those from German-occupied Poland, then Russian-occupied Poland, and finally, the largest group emigrating from that section of partitioned Poland under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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