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The Ethnic frontier : essays in the history of group survival in Chicago and the Midwest
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The Ethnic frontier : essays in the history of group survival in Chicago and the Midwest

Author: Melvin G Holli; Peter d'Alroy Jones
Publisher: Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, ©1977.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Melvin G Holli; Peter d'Alroy Jones
ISBN: 0802835058 9780802835055
OCLC Number: 3072644
Description: 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : The cauldron of American values / Peter d'A. Jones and Melvin G. Holli -- Part I. Diverse roots -- "Wild" Chicago : The formation and destruction of a multiracial community on the midwestern frontier, 1816-1837 / Jacqueline Peterson -- French Detroit : The clash of feudal and Yankee values / Melvin H. Holli -- The Ben Ishmael tribe : A fugitive "nation" of the Old Northwest / Hugo P. Leaming -- "Becoming American" : The role of ethnic leaders- Swedes, Poles, Italians, Jews / Victor Greene -- Part II. The urban frontier : Chicago -- Polish Chicago : Survival through solidarity / Edward R. Kantowicz -- Black Chicago : Accommodationist politics before the great migration / Charles Branham -- Jewish Chicago : From diversity to community / Edward Mazur -- Mexican Chicago : Chicano assimilation aborted, 1939-52 / Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr -- Part III. The struggle continues -- Race and housing : Violence and communal protest in Chicago, 1940-1960 / Arnold Hirsch.
Responsibility: edited by Melvin G. Holli and Peter d'A. Jones.
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