The Borders of Integration: Polish Migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924

by Brian McCook

Book Overview

The issues of immigration and integration are at the forefront of contemporary politics. Yet debates over foreign workers and the desirability of their incorporation into European and American societies too often are discussed without a sense of history. McCook's examination questions static assumptions about race and white immigrant assimilation a hundred years ago, highlighting how the Polish immigrant experience is relevant to present-day immigration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821419269
• ISBN13: 9780821419267
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"