The Croatian Immigrants in America
Author | : George J. Prpic |
Publisher | : New York : Philosophical Library |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George J. Prpic |
Publisher | : New York : Philosophical Library |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George J. Prpic |
Publisher | : Boston : Twayne Publishers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ellen Shapiro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Croatian Americans |
ISBN | : |
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Croatians, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
Author | : George J. Prpic |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Croatian Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gerald Gilbert Govorchin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Sociological study of the Yugoslavian immigrant.
Author | : Ivan Čizmić |
Publisher | : Zagreb, Croatia : Golden Marketing |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Croatian Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Maria Dugandzic-Pasic |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738578194 |
Chicago was once known as the "Second Croatian Capital." Lured by economic, political, and social freedoms, Croatians, like other immigrants, came to Chicago in search of the American dream. The first documented groups settled mainly in Pilsen, Bridgeport, and the South Side in the late 1800s. By the turn of the century, these immigrants toiled in Chicago's steel mills, meatpacking plants, and construction sites. They soon formed social groups, churches, schools, Croatian-language newspapers, and other infrastructure needed to support the expanding community. Today there are more than 150,000 descendants of Croatian heritage in the Chicagoland area, and many of the foundations built by the forefathers continue to service the community. Ivan Metrovic ́'s "Indian" sculptures still adorn Congress Parkway and Michael Bilandic ́ remains in the history books as the only Croatian mayor of Chicago. Croatians of Chicagoland examines how this community and its leaders, clergy, laborers, politicians, athletes, benevolent societies, and social organizations helped build and shape Chicago's history.