Belgians in Michigan

by Bernard A. Cook

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Michigan was home to the second-largest Belgian population in the United States, and Detroit had one of the largest Belgian populations in the nation. Although immigration declined after World War I, the Belgian- American community is still prominent in the state. Political, religious, and economic conditions, including a nineteenth- century economic depression, helped motivate the move to America...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087013812X
• ISBN13: 9780870138126
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"