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Worcester County's Polish Community

Worcester County's Polish Community - Hardcover

by Barbara Proko, Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles
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Availability:In StockContributor:Barbara Proko, Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, Our Lady of Czestochowa Guild of Catholi (With)Publish date:2007-09-12Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531634520ISBN-10:1531634524UPC:9781531634520Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Ethnic Studies, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCWC2NJQDY
Polish settlement in Worcester County had humble beginnings: a small group of German Poles in the 1870s. Over the next decades, thousands of Russian and Austrian Poles, fleeing economic and political hardship, pinned their hopes for a better life on jobs in the burgeoning industries of central Massachusetts. Practicing their religion in their native tongue was vital to these devout Catholics.
New England's first Polish parish was founded in Webster, with others following in Worcester, Gardner, West Warren, Clinton, Southbridge, and Dudley. Polish clubs served as central gathering places in Gilbertville, Uxbridge, and South Grafton. Worcester County's Polish Americans share an intricate web of relationships--family, religious,
business, social, cultural, educational, political, and athletic--that celebrates their heritage and sustains them today as one of the region's largest ethnic groups.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531634520ISBN-10:1531634524UPC:9781531634520Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Ethnic Studies, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCWC2NJQDY
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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Barbara Proko, Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles, Our Lady of Czestochowa Guild of Catholi (With)

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Barbara Proko, Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles

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